Economists with Guns: Authoritarian Development and U.S.-Indonesian Relations, 1960-1968 - Paperback

by Bradley R. Simpson (Author)

Economists with Guns offers the first comprehensive history of U.S relations with Indonesia during the 1960s, exploring the shared U.S. and Indonesian embrace of an authoritarian regime committed to military-led development.

Author Biography

Bradley R. Simpson is Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is also the director of a National Security Archive project to declassify U.S. documents concerning Indonesia and East Timor during the reign of General Suharto (1965-1998).