Momentum and the East Timor Independence Movement : The Origins of America’s Debate on East Timor 9781498502351, 9781498502344

Momentum and the East Timor Independence Movement: The Origins of America’s Debate on East Timor examines the campaigns

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Momentum and the East Timor Independence Movement : The Origins of America’s Debate on East Timor
9781498502351, 9781498502344

The UN intervention in East Timor amply illustrates the type of complex operation that the United Nations increasingly i

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East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste, comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, located at the eastern end of

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Following the end of the Salazar dictatorship and the establishment of democracy in Portugal in 1975, East Timor declare

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Originally colonized by the Portuguese, East Timor was brutally invaded and occupied by Indonesian military forces in 19

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The challenges facing an independent East Timor are particularly acute. It is not only one of the poorest nations on ear

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Did the United Nations successfully help to build a just, peaceful state and society in postconflict East Timor? Has tra

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This book examines the history of political continuity and conflict in East Timor between 1974 and 2006, and the origins

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Examines the three mutually exclusive possibiities for Portuguese Timor: continued associations with Portugal, emergence

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