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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154724603321

Autore

Simpson Bradley R.

Titolo

Economists with Guns : Authoritarian Development and U.S.-Indonesian Relations, 1960-1968 / / Bradley R. Simpson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, CA : , : Stanford University Press, , [2020]

©2008

ISBN

0-8047-7952-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 367 pages)

Disciplina

327.73059809/046

Soggetti

Authoritarianism - Indonesia - History - 20th century

United States Foreign relations Indonesia

Indonesia Foreign relations United States

Indonesia Politics and government 1966-1998

Indonesia Politics and government 1950-1966

United States Foreign relations 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- chapter 1. Imagining Indonesian Development -- chapter 2. The Kennedy Administration Confronts Indonesia -- chapter 3. Developing a Counterinsurgency State -- chapter 4. The Road from Stabilization to Konfrontasi -- chapter 5. From High Hopes to Low Profile -- chapter 6. Indonesia’s Year of Living Dangerously -- chapter 7. The September 30th Movement and the Destruction of the PKI -- chapter 8. Economists with Guns -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.