East Timor. The Price Of Freedom

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: ZED
Publisher Place: Usa
Publisher Year: 1999
Edition: First Edition

Description: 248 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.

Publishers Description: The people of East Timor voted overwhelming in August 1999 for independence and an end to Indonesian occupation. In this updated and expanded edition of "Indonesias Forgotten War: The Hidden History of East Timor", John Taylor tells the story of what happened following President Suhartos overthrow. The new government conceded the right of the United Nations to organise the long delayed referendum giving the East Timorese a choice between continued association with Indonesia or independence. At the very moment the historic vote was being counted, armed gangs organised by the Indonesian military plunged the island into an orgy of killing, burning and forced flight. John Taylor analyses the worlds reaction to this new genocide of the East Timorese people, the despatch of a peacekeeping force and the prospects of independence.

ISBN: 9781856498418