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

• Autore: Simpson Bradley R.
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, CA : , : Stanford University Press, , [2020]; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 367 pages)
• Disciplina: 327.73059809/046
• Soggetto topico: Authoritarianism - Indonesia - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Economists with Guns
• ISBN: 0-8047-7952-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154724603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II