Economists with Guns

Authoritarian Development and U.S.-Indonesian Relations, 1960-1968

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Southeast Asia, Modern, 20th Century, Americas, United States
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Author: Bradley R. Simpson ISBN: 9780804779524
Publisher: Stanford University Press Publication: March 28, 2008
Imprint: Stanford University Press Language: English
Author: Bradley R. Simpson
ISBN: 9780804779524
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication: March 28, 2008
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Language: English

Offering the first comprehensive history of U.S relations with Indonesia during the 1960s, Economists with Guns explores one of the central dynamics of international politics during the Cold War: the emergence and U.S. embrace of authoritarian regimes pledged to programs of military-led development. Drawing on newly declassified archival material, Simpson examines how Americans and Indonesians imagined the country's development in the 1950s and why they abandoned their democratic hopes in the 1960s in favor of Suharto's military regime. Far from viewing development as a path to democracy, this book highlights the evolving commitment of Americans and Indonesians to authoritarianism in the 1960s on.

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Offering the first comprehensive history of U.S relations with Indonesia during the 1960s, Economists with Guns explores one of the central dynamics of international politics during the Cold War: the emergence and U.S. embrace of authoritarian regimes pledged to programs of military-led development. Drawing on newly declassified archival material, Simpson examines how Americans and Indonesians imagined the country's development in the 1950s and why they abandoned their democratic hopes in the 1960s in favor of Suharto's military regime. Far from viewing development as a path to democracy, this book highlights the evolving commitment of Americans and Indonesians to authoritarianism in the 1960s on.

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