Imagining Indonesian development -- The Kennedy administration confronts Indonesia -- Developing a counterinsurgency state -- The road from stabilization to konfrontasi -- From high hopes to low profile -- Indonesia's year of living dangerously -- The September 30th movement and the destruction of the PKI -- Economists with guns : Washington embraces the new order
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." "This book 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 the military regime of General Suharto. Far from viewing development as a path to democracy, this book highlights the evolving commitment of both Americans and Indonesians to authoritarianism in the 1960s and succeeding decades."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-359) and index
Notes
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