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Reluctant saviour : Australia, Indonesia, and the independence of East Timor / Clinton Fernandes.

By:

Fernandes, Clinton [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Scribe short booksPublisher: Carlton North, Vic. : Scribe Publications, 2004Description: 138 pages ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1920769285
9781920769284

Other title:

Australia, Indonesia, and the independence of East Timor

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

327.940598 22

LOC classification:

DS649.6 .F47 2004

Online resources:

Contributor biographical information

Contents:

1. The Jakarta lobby -- 2. 11 March 1996 : the Howard government -- 3. Implausible denial -- 4. Love in the nick of time -- 5. What now?

Review: "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."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	327.940598 FER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A398492B

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-138) and index.

1. The Jakarta lobby -- 2. 11 March 1996 : the Howard government -- 3. Implausible denial -- 4. Love in the nick of time -- 5. What now?

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

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