1. The Roots of Reformasi in Indonesia
After the Second World War, the only viable economy left in the world was the American economy. ... Roosevelt's intention was to dismantle the colonial empires of Britain, France, the Netherlands and Portugal, and convert the war-time production of the United States into capital goods exports to the rest of the world, based on long term, low interest loans, in order to prevent the American economy from going into a recession as a result of the drop in munitions demand at the end of the war, and also to rebuild the world economy. ... As a result of the Vietnam War, and the post-industr...
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