Timor-Leste’s Long Road to Independence: Transnational Perspectives 9789048555703

From a much neglected Portuguese colony to independence, Timor-Leste travelled a belated, long and troubled journey that

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Timor-Leste’s Long Road to Independence: Transnational Perspectives
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Table of contents :
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
A Note on the Name of the Country
List of Figures
Introduction
Part One Before The Portuguese Decolonisation
1 While the Winds of Change Gently Blow : Timor-Leste before the Onset of the Portuguese Decolonisation, 1945–1974
2 Elusive Colonialism in the Age of Bandung : Portugal, Timor- Leste and Indonesia, c. 1947–1974
3 An “Undigestible Lump” : Timor-Leste and the Politics of Self-determination
Part Two The Portuguese Revolution Arrives In Timor-Leste
4 “Nations-of-Intent” : Competing Ideological Views of Nationalism in Timor-Leste, 1974–1999
5 Looking for an “Honourable Political Solution” : The Comissão Nacional de Descolonização and the Fate of Timor-Leste, 1974–1976
6 Canções Revolucionárias: Rhetoric, Hermeneutic and Ideology Critique
Part Three Reaction To The Indonesian Invasion Of Timor-Leste
7 “Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t” : Portugal, the UN and the Timor-Leste Issue
8 “Reduce the Pressure on the Indonesians” : Australian Timor Policy at the UN, 1975–1982
9 “Our Interest Is Minimal, but…” : Britain and the Indonesian Invasion of Timor-Leste, 1975–1976
Part Four Resisting The Indonesian Annexation Of Timor-Leste
10 Return to Fronteira Norte: Rebuilding Resistance in Timor- Leste’s Western Districts, 1990–1995
11 “I Follow the Screaming” : The Timorese Catholic Church and the Struggle for Independence
12 Walking a Tightrope between the Army and the Church : Jesuit Relief during the Indonesian Occupation of Timor-Leste, 1975–1999
13 The Indonesian Genocide in Timor-Leste: Law, Politics, History
Index

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