Bibliograph

Economists with guns, authoritarian development and U.S.-Indonesian relations, 1960-1968, Bradley R. Simpson

Type

Label

Economists with guns, authoritarian development and U.S.-Indonesian relations, 1960-1968, Bradley R. Simpson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Economists with guns

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Bradley R. Simpson

Sub title

authoritarian development and U.S.-Indonesian relations, 1960-1968

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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