An edition of Reluctant Saviour (2005)
Reluctant Saviour
Australia, Indonesia and the Independence of East Timor (Scribe Short Books)
By Clinton Fernandes
Publish Date
May 1, 2005
Publisher
Scribe Publications Pty Ltd.
Language
eng
Pages
141
Description:
"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.
subjects: Armed Forces, Autonomy and independence movements, East Timor, Foreign relations, History, Operations other than war, Peacekeeping forces, Australian Peacekeeping forces, Timor-Leste, Politics, Asian studies, Australian studies, Australia, politics and government, Australia, foreign relations
Places: Australia, East Timor, Indonesia