Controlling Non-alignment:U.S.Economic Policy towards Indonesia(1950-1965)
After World War Ⅱ,Indonesia,which was of great interest to the United States because of its geostrategic location,abundance of raw materials and regional influence,became one of the few countries in the world where the United States and the Soviet Union directly competed for influence through economic,technical and military as-sistance.Containment of communism was the primary goal of the United States in Indonesia,and by playing up the"Sino-Soviet Economic Offensive"and the fear for the Indonesian Communist Party,the United States dragged In-donesia into the economic containment of China.Using symbolic economic and technical assistance,project loans,and"food for peace"aid,it induced the Indonesian government to turn against the Communist Party,and then worked to push Indonesia onto a Western-oriented path of economic development and integration into the long-term regional economic goals of the United States through the comprehensive assistance program and multilateral ac-tions to revive Indonesia's economy.
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