In 1965, the U.S. government backed Indonesian military killed one million innocent civilians to eliminate the largest communist party outside China and the Soviet Union. Vincent Bevins’ bold and comprehensive debut work, The Jakarta Method, highlights his incisive reporting for The Washington Post and uses declassified documents and eyewitness testimony to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe.

Vincent Bevins is an award-winning journalist and correspondent, covering Southeast Asia for The Washington Post. He previously served as the Brazil Correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, and worked for The Financial Times in London. He has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, and The Guardian, among others. He speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian and basic German.