The East Timor question
Subtitle: the struggle for independence from Indonesia
By: edited by Paul Hainsworth & Stephen McCloskey ; foreword by John Pilger ; preface by José Ramos-Horta.
Contributors: Hainsworth, Paul, 1950-; McCloskey, Stephen.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; In the U.S. distributed by St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Referendum -- East Timor; East Timor -- Politics and government; East Timor -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements
Description: "Originally colonized by the Portuguese, East Timor was brutally invaded and occupied by Indonesian military forces in 1975. According to the UN, this resulted in the death of about a third of the population through massacres, starvation and disease. Subsequent events in Indonesia, however, have given rise to expectations of a fundamental change in its position on East Timor. Considering the potential for change against a backdrop of growing popular and political support for the Timorese cause, this book addresses its emergence as an issue of global importance. The authors set out to show how local, grassroots, individual, organizational and campaign initiatives have contributed to this state of affairs, in the context of an increased international-relations emphasis on ethics, international morality and human rights."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : East Timor; title: from European to Third World colonialism / Stephen McCloskey; title: A personal journey through East Timor / Peter Carey; title: Reporting East Timor   / Hugh O'Shaughnessy; title: Balibo / Maureen Tolfree; title: The legacy of the Suharto dictatorship / Carmel Budiardjo; title: The Indonesian propaganda war against East Timor / Istêvão Cabral; title: Seeds of hope; title: East Timor ploughshares disarming the hawks / Andrea Needham, Jen Parker and Jo Wilson; title: New Labour, new codes of conduct? British government policy towards Indonesia and East Timor after the 1997 election / Paul Hainsworth; title: The United States /  / Charles Scheiner; title: Canberra / Jim Aubrey; title: The local meets the global / Eilís Ward; title: East Timor and Western Sahara / Pedro Pinto Leite; title: South Africa's transition / Adrian Guelke; title: Conclusion : East Timor after Suharto : a new horizon / Paul Hainsworth.