Title: Reluctant saviour : Australia, Indonesia, and the independence of East Timor /
Authors: Fernandes, Clinton.
Publisher: Scribe Publications,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Peacekeeping forces, Australian Timor-Leste.; Peacekeeping forces East Timor.; Peacekeeping forces Timor-Leste.; Timor-Leste History Autonomy and independence movements.; Australia Armed Forces Timor-Leste.; Australia Armed Forces Operations other than war.; Australia Foreign relations Indonesia.; Indonesia Foreign relations Australia.
Abstract: "Over many years successive Australian governments, supported by an influential network of pro-Jakarta lobbyists, worked assiduously to preserve Indonesian sovereignty over East Timor. Yet in September 1999 the Howard government took the lead in assembling a multinational peacekeeping force to guarantee East Timor's independence. Reluctant Saviour explains why."--Jacket.