Forgotten island
Subtitle: Australia, realism and the Timor crisis
By: Bruce J. Watson
Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing Ltd
Published: 2021
Place of publication: North Melbourne, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9781922454973
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Foreign relations; History; Annexation to Indonesia; Relations extérieures; Diplomatic relations
Description: Nearly fifty years following the Indonesian annexation of East Timor, this tiny, former Portuguese colony remains in the international spotlight. 'Forgotten Island' takes us back to the genisis of the Australian-Indonesian relationship, seeking to answer the question as to why liberal Australia, led by an erudite social democrat in Gough Whitlam, looked away and even became culpably involved in Indonesia's 1975 invasion of Timor, contrary to the principles Australia and Whitlam espoused. (back cover)
Notes: Includes bibliography and index.