East Timor Question : The Struggle for Independence from Indonesia.
Title:
East Timor Question : The Struggle for Independence from Indonesia.
Author:
McCloskey, Stephen.
ISBN:
9780857712295
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (240 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword John Pilger -- Preface José Ramos-Horta -- 1 Introduction: East Timor - From European to Third World Colonialism -- 2 Personal Journey through East Timor -- 3 Reporting East Timor: Western Media Coverage of the Conflict -- 4 Balibo: The Cover-up that Led to Genocide -- 5 The Legacy of the Suharto Dictatorship -- 6 The Indonesian Propaganda War against East Timor -- 7 Seeds of Hope - East Timor Ploughshares Disarming the Hawks -- 8 New Labour, New Codes of Conduct? British Government Policy towards Indonesia and East Timor after the 1997 Election -- 9 The United States From Complicity to Ambiguity -- 10 Canberra: Jakarta's Trojan Horse in East Timor -- 11 The Local Meets the Global: East Timor and Ireland's Presidency of the European Union -- 12 East Timor and Western Sahara: A Comparative Perspective -- 13 South Africa's Transition: Lessons for East Timor? -- 14 Conclusion: East Timor after Suharto - A New Horizon -- Index.
Abstract:
East Timor is one of the world's most infamous 'trouble spots'. Originally colonized by the Portuguese, it was brutally invaded and occupied by the Indonesian military forces in 1975. According to the UN, this resulted in the death of about one third of the population through massacres, starvation and disease. But recent events have given rise to expectations that there may be a fundamental shift in the country's position on East Timor, with Indonesia's President Habibie holding out the prospect of imminent autonomy for the region.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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