... , they were not only happy but also ecstatic. Picture it; a pro-US general takes over a previously communist country, what could be more perfect? Perhaps, the decimation of the entire communist population in Indonesia that followed Suharto's induction as president? The American Government could not resist, they managed to provide Suharto with a comprehensive list of the communist supporters and the suspected communists ... invasion proved to be a significant gauge of just how little the invasion actually affected the American foreign policy towards Indonesia. It was in this year that pre...

• Word Count: 2195
• Approx Pages: 9

... , however, these have been "neither been uniform nor homogenous across the archipelago" (Maxwell, 1999). The common measurement of poverty is from the Central Bureau of Statistics, that poverty has almost doubled from its pre-crisis level of 11 per cent to around 20 per cent (Maxwell, 1999). Despite this, some sources indicate that approximately 100 million Indonesians would sink below the ... poverty line, which includes almost 50 per cent of the population (Pettifor, 2002). Within Australia poverty is seen at 13 per cent, with an estimated total of 2.4 million Australian's now living i...

• Word Count: 1633
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate