East Timor : the price of freedom / John G. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, John G., 1947-

Series:

Politics in contemporary Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Timor-Leste--Politics and government.

Timor-Leste.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 248 pages : map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Zed Books ; Annandale, Australia : Pluto Press ; Bangkok : White Lotus ; Kuala Lumpur : Synergy Books International ; New York : Distribted in the USA exclusively by St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Summary:

In this updated and much expanded edition of his celebrated book, Indonesia's Forgotten War: The Hidden History of East Timor, John Taylor tells in detail the story of what happened to this island people following President Suharto's downfall in the wake of the Asian economic crisis. The new Indonesian 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, however, armed gangs organised by elements of the Indonesian military plunged the island into an orgy of killing, burning and forced flight. An appalled world witnessed their bloody defiance of the people's will and of the international community. John Taylor analyses the world's reaction to this new genocide of the East Timorese people, the belated despatch of a peacekeeping force, and the prospects of independence.

Contents:

The Santa Cruz massacre and its aftermath xii

Indonesia in crisis xv

From autonomy to referendum xvii

The paramilitary campaign xix

The United Nations xxii

Voting for independence xxiii

Betrayal xxiv

Dispersal and deportation: the humanitarian crisis xxvii

'Two weeks too late' xxix

Sanctions xxxii

1. Colonial Failure 1

Settlement and exchange 1

Colonial interplay 3

The structure of Timorese society 5

Reproduction and resistance 8

Pacification: the two political systems 10

Japanese invasion and occupation 12

2. East Timor and Indonesia: Political Developments from the Pacific War to the Portuguese Revolution 16

Indonesia 19

Rebellion 21

3. Changing Strategies: The Emergence of Political Parties and the Indonesian Response 25

Party formation 26

Diplomacy 29

BAKIN and its allies 30

Fretilin's programmes 32

Realism, Portuguese style 36

Coalition 38

The right to independence 41

4. From Coalition to Coup and Independence: The Indonesian Campaign against East Timor 46

Fretilin and its groupings: the road to Macau 46

A coup and its allies 50

Fretilin's administration 54

Indonesia's border strategy 58

Independence and invasion 62

5. Invasion, Resistance and the International Response 68

Military myths 72

6. The Indonesian Occupation: 'Encirclement and Annihilation' 79

Fretilin's administration of its areas 81

Ideological and military campaigns 82

'A population uprooted' 88

7. 'As Bad as Biafra': Population Resettlement and Starvation 92

Resettlement 92

Resistance quelled 94

8. Military Control: Imprisonment, Killings and Human Rights Abuses 100

Disappearances 100

Imprisonment 103

'Established procedures' 106

A terrorized population 109

9. Military Campaigns and the Indonesian Transformation of East Timor 114

Fretilin: defeat and re-emergence 115

Operasi Keamanan: the 'final cleansing' 117

Aid: use and abuse 120

Structural transformation: the military project 123

Transmigration 124

Military monopolies 125

Re-education and control 127

10. 'Ascertaining the Facts': The Indonesian-Fretilin Ceasefire and the Visit of the Australian Delegation 132

Ceasefire 135

The delegation's visit 137

Interception 140

Massacre 142

Further visits 144

11. The Development of Opposition and Indonesian Plans for the Resocialization of East Timor 149

The role of the church and the growing opposition to Indonesian rule 152

The ultimate transformation: Indonesian strategies for birth control 157

Military stalemate 160

12. In Their Best Interests: Strategies for East Timor in the International Community 168

Strategy, economics and politics 168

Monitoring and commitment 174

13. What of the Future? Scenarios for East Timor 184

Changes in Indonesia 188

Chronology of the Main Events in East Timor 1974-1999 200.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [234]-239) and index.

ISBN:

1856498409

1856498417

OCLC:

42708057