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B78
Resistance: A Childhood Fighting for East Timor
by Irena
Cristalis and Catherine Scottby Naldo Rei
Reviews:
U.Q.P. Australia. 2008. 352 pages. $45
This report discusses the possible positive and negative impacts of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Timor-Leste to process gas from the offshore Greater Sunrise field for export. Petroleum will be the most important factor in Timor-Leste’s economy and government budget for the foreseeable future. Petroleum will be the most important factor in Timor-Leste’s economy and government budget for the foreseeable future. Revenues from oil and gas already comprise 50% of the country’s Gross National Income (GNI) and supply more than 90% of its government revenues. It is the hope of many Timorese, including the Timor-Leste government, that Timor-Leste will profit from downstream (refining, processing and gas liquefaction). The most likely near-term possibility for this is an undersea pipeline from the Greater Sunrise gas field to the shore of Timor-Leste, with a liquefaction plant and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tanker port to process the gas and ship it overseas. People are imagining the wonderful things that will happen if the pipeline comes onshore in Timor-Leste: it will stimulate local economic development, spin off to boost the local and national economy, and create employment opportunities for Timorese workers. However those dreams and expectations will be difficult to realize in Timor-Leste in the current context of the new nation. The fragilityand inexperience of state institutions, lack of human resources, inability to execute the budgetmust be overcome before a project like the Sunrise LNG plant can be used safely and effectively to benefit current and future generations. February 2008, 131 pages
B64
Timor-Leste Land of Discovery
I am Timorese, living abroad (in Portugal), since I was 11 years old. I want to thank you for your book, Timor-Leste Land of Discovery, which gives me some images of Timor, my homeland, that I left 24 years ago. The images are absolutely fantastic and many are of parts of Timor still unknown to me. Timor-Leste Land of Discovery gives me a fantastic free journey to Timor where I hope one day I can return. The title of the book is a perfect resume of the images that you can find within. -- Ângelo Gonçalves This book brings new images of this new land. This book will surely offer everyone great unforgettable moments of contemplation on the natural beauties of Timor-Leste. -- President Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão. These evocative photographs present our culture and our traits in a way no other book has done before. - José Ramos-Horta TAYO PHOTO GROUP Ltd. 2006. Hardcover, large-format, 189 pages. $50
A collection of papers originating in a symposium, The Crisis in Timor-Leste: Understanding the Past, Imagining the Future, held at Charles Darwin University, 13 November 2006. The papers in this volume address the historical, social and political causes of unrest in Timor-Leste, explaining the violence and rebellion of 2006 in a larger context. By doing this they identify ways to respond to the causes of unrest. Contributors: James Cotton, Jennifer Drysdale, Steven Farram, Trevor Le Lievre, Andrew McWilliam, Ron May, David Mearns, Rod Nixon, Kate Reid-Smith, Dennis Shoesmith.
Charles Darwin University Press. 2007. 115 pp. $25 _____________
B74 East Timor: Beyond Independence
Covering the era from the independence referendum in August 1999 to the political crisis in 2006, and future prospects and challenges, this book is an invaluable resource for understanding the challenges facing the first new nation of the 21st century. Monash University Press. 2007. 320 pp. $30 B66
East Timor A Country at the Crossroads of Asia and the Pacific, a
Geo-Historical Atlas
IRASEC/ Sikworm Books. 2006. 198 pp. $50
B58 Independent women. The story of women’s activism in East Timor
This book tells the story of how East Timorese women activists mobilized against a patriarchal society and claimed their right to participate in their new independent and democratic nation. Drawing on personal research and extensive interviews with women activists in East Timor, the authors explore the history and contribution of the East Timorese women's movement during and after the Indonesian occupation. They examine the growing influence of the women's movement as the country moved into independence, and analyze the key challenges facing East Timorese women in their ongoing quest for rights and greater political participation. The book includes comparative chapters by expert guest authors on the lessons to be drawn from women's experiences in Cambodia, Mozambique and Namibia - countries which have also experienced the transition from an extended period of conflict to eventual independence. Independent women dispels the myth that women working for women's advancement in East Timor are agents of a foreign or western agenda. It shows that the women of East Timor are women of courage who, on the long road to independence, have found the strength to stand up for their rights and play their part in the shaping of their country. 'Independent women is a profound testimony to the unique character of East Timorese women and to their resolve and courage in the long process of struggle for the liberation of their country and now their own liberation' - Olandina Caeiro Further details from the book, including extracts and images, can be found at the Independent Women website at: http://www.independent-women.org/. See also Irena Cristalis, Bitter Dawn: East Timor - A People's Story CIIR. 2005. 198 pages. $25 B61
Masters of Terror: Indonesia's Military and Violence in East Timor
The terror campaign by pro-Indonesian armed groups before, during, and after East Timor's independence referendum in 1999 was a blatant challenge to the international community as many of the acts of murder, political intimidation, destruction, and mass deportation took place before the eyes of the world. Yet the ultimate responsibility has been denied and obscured. Masters of Terror provides an authoritative analysis and documentation of the brutal operations carried out by the Indonesian army and its East Timorese allies. The authors carefully assemble detailed accounts of the actions of the major Indonesian officers and East Timorese militia commanders accused of gross human rights violations. This indispensable work explores a horrific frontal attack on democracy and calls for the establishment of an international tribunal for crimes against humanity in East Timor. Contents: * Introduction Hamish McDonald and Richard Tanter * Masters of Terror: The Indonesian Findings Hamish McDonald * Full Report of the Investigative Commission into Human Rights Violations in East Timor KPP HAM * The Key Suspects: An Introduction Gerry van Klinken, David Bourchier and Douglas Kammen * Crimes against Humanity in East Timor 1999:The Key Suspects Gerry van Klinken and David Bourchier * Practical Justice in Doe v. Lumintang: The Successful Useof Civil Remedies against "an Enemy of All Mankind" Richard Tanter * Silent Witness: Australian Intelligence and East Timor Desmond Ball Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2006. 272 pp $27 paperback B65
Negligent Neighbour New Zealand's Complicity in the Invasion and Occupation
of Timor-Leste
Negligent Neighbour is a brilliant book that reminds us NZ foreign policy, like that of other Western capitalist nations, is too often on the side of the oppressor rather than the oppressed. -Cameron Walker, Scoop Maire Leadbeater's "personal recollections and experiences in the East Timor solidarity movement add considerable strength and authenticity to her chronicle, which also draws on declassified official documents, historical research and interviews with key players.... Leadbeater notes how she was shocked to find that ‘almost every new batch of documents revealed new examples of the high-level subterfuge officials relied on as they plotted to help Indonesia deflect international criticism’." - Paul Barber, Tapol see also
Craig Potten, New Zealand. 2007. 280 pp. $35 paperback Materials from Timor-Leste's Commission on Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR)
B68
Introducing...Chega! The Report of
Commission on
Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR) B69 Executive Summary of Chega! The Report of Commission on Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR) CAVR, 215 pp. $15
B71 Timor-Leste Massacres - National Public Hearing, November 19 -21, 2003 CAVR, 64 pp. $8 B72 Timor-Leste Massacres - National Public Hearing July 28-29, 2003 CAVR, 64 pp. $8
B62
New Nation: United Nations Peace-Building in East Timor
Geoffrey Gunn is Professor of International Relations, Faculty of Economics, Nagasaki University. Reyko Huang is a doctoral student in political science at Columbia University. A fine study, based upon personal involvement with East Timor, Gunn and Huang give the best account available of the political, linguistic and anthropological differences with which the United Nations wrestled in their attempt to create an independent nation and which are still major factors in Timor-Leste today. -- James Cotton, Professor of Politics, University of New South Wales. Tipgrafia Macau Hung Heng. 2006. 209 pp. $25 paperback
Originally commissioned by East Timor's Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR). This report focuses on the role of international actors in East Timor's tragedy. Chapters focus on the UN, international diplomacy, weapons supply, the media, church and international solidarity. Tipgrafia Macau Hung Heng. 2006. 242 pp. $25 paperback Also East Timor and the U.N.: The Case for Intervention, By Geoffrey C. Gunn. UN documents, with commentary and call to action. Africa World Press, US, 1997. 240 pp. $20 B57 Last
Flight Out of Dili
David Scott’s remarkable story of East Timor’s rise from ‘hopeless cause’ to freedom, giving us a unique insight into the people and events that have shaped East Timor’s recent turbulent history. Australian humanitarian aid leader David Scott was in Dili on 28 November, 1975 at the swearing in of the cabinet of the Democratic Republic of East Timor. Next day he was ordered to leave by the Australian Government who were aware of the impending large-scale Indonesian invasion. Australia’s role in these terrible events is critically documented. He uses personal correspondence with José Ramos-Horta to give immediacy to the story. His use of recently released Australian Government documents adds to the intrigue of these dramatic events. ‘Last Flight out of Dili ’ is also an account of the hardship, loneliness and dangers that the young José Ramos Horta experienced in his remarkable commitment to keeping East Timor on the United Nations’ agenda for 24 years. This book is an indictment of the actions of successive Australian governments who abandoned East Timor to years of repression, destruction and mass killings. Why did successive Australian Governments betray the people of East Timor by supporting the Indonesian occupation? And how was it that ordinary Australian people including non government organizations continued through the long years to support the struggle for independence? David Scott answers these questions so that future generations of East Timorese and Australians will know what really happened and why. 2005. 414 pages, Pluto Press Australia. $35
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B60
Exile and Return Among the East Timorese
Drawing on innovative ethnographic research, Exile and Return Among the East Timorese explores questions of shifting identity and home, trauma and embodiment, belonging and return among the East Timorese abroad at this critical juncture in their lives. The book asks what forms of cultural identity emerge among politically active refugee diasporas, what happens to such groups when the dream of homeland is fulfilled, and how they renegotiate a sense of home after exile. The lived experience of Timorese in Australia and former refugees who have returned to East Timor is brought to life through their eloquent and often moving firsthand narratives, which the author has used liberally throughout the book, vividly presenting them alongside images and analysis of their role in the political struggle. A volume in the Contemporary Ethnography series Amanda Wise is Research Fellow at the Centre for Research on Social Inclusion at Macquarie University in Australia. 2006 248 pages. University of Pennsylvania Press. Hardcover $55 View table of contents and sample text B56 Songs
of East Timor & Oceania
There are songs of the East Timorese struggle for self determination since 1973 (including the national anthem), Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander songs, and songs from the Pacific. The East Timorese community and others gave advice and assistance. 2005. 52 pages, spiral bound with audio CD. $25 B55 A Not-So-Distant Horror:
Mass Violence in East Timor
Cornell University Press June 2005 288 pages Paperback. $19 Review by John M. Miller in Nonviolent Activist: Close to Home; Review in the Economist; Tapol Bulletin; NZ Herald; Foreign Service Journal; New Zealand International Review; National Catholic Reporter; Annals of the Association of American Geographers
The decision ‘to liberate the people of East Timor, to take a stand on behalf of a small fledgling nation that cried out for help’ was trumpeted recently by Australia's John Howard as one of his governments proudest achievements. But what precisely was Australia’s role in the independence of East Timor? Over the years, successive Australian governments had worked to preserve Indonesian sovereignty over the territory and so it was surprising when 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. Clinton Fernandes exposes the role of the so-called Jakarta Lobby – Australian officials whose policies supported the Indonesian military regime, and commentators who defend these policies in the public sphere. He argues that under their influence, the Howard government worked assiduously to support Indonesia’s occupation of East Timor, trying hard to prevent a ballot on independence. When the situation became untenable and Indonesia was forced to hold the ballot, the government worked to reduce international pressure on Indonesia. Finally he reveals that it was only pressure from activists and the broader public which forced the Howard government to send in a peacekeeping force and reluctantly help East Timor to achieve independence. Scribe (Australia). 2004. 144 pages. Paperback. $25 ‘an important new work . . . It debunks the fondly-held myth that the Government of the time urged and supported an independence referendum. It reminds us that the media must look behind such myth-making, and not forget the same Government has failed to push for the prosecution of the Indonesian perpetrators who are set to continue their handiwork in other areas of the Indonesian achipelago.’ — Peter Cronau, Pacific Journalism Review (see full review) see Defence accused of attempting to stop critical book see review from Green Left Weekly; ZNET, Sydney Morning Herald, API Review of Books
Acclaimed journalist John Martinkus, whose first book, A Dirty Little War told the definitive story of East Timor’s passage to independence, provides a vivid, eyewitness account of the brutal war in Aceh. Like East Timor, Aceh wants independence but it is paying a terrible price, and since September 11 things have got much worse. This book gets inside a conflict. Includes a final chapter on institutionalized impunity, the legacy of East Timor and the reality of West Papua. "Martinkus should be saluted for braving brutal consequences to tell us the price of Western, and Australian, tacit acceptance of a rapacious regional power. We can't say we weren't told." -- Antony Loewenstein, Sydney Morning Herald The book "traces the immediate events that led to this military siege and the Acehnese people’s resistance to it. Martinkus has an easy-to-read style, relaying his personal experiences of travelling throughout Aceh to present an intimate portrayal of the daily plight faced by the Acehnese people." --Jon Lamb, GreenLeft Weekly From East Timor to Iraq: An Interview with John Martinkus (January 28, 2005) Random House (Australia), 352 pp., Paperback $35 Eye on Aceh Pamphlets click here B67
Verandah of Violence:
The Background to the Aceh Problem This book offers a guide to the complexities of modern Aceh, a land dubbed "The Verandah of Mecca," as it moves toward peace and reconstruction. Verandah of Violence probes the underlying causes of the conflict that has pitted Aceh against Jakarta, explaining why the Acehnese entered the Indonesian republic in 1945 with an unparalleled determination to resist outside domination, and how these attitudes have shaped Aceh's relations with the Indonesian state.
NUS Press, 2006 423 pp. Paper $30
The Exception to the Rulers is a fast-paced expose. Part first-person on-the-ground reporting, part old-fashioned muckraking, the book chronicles the struggles of what Amy Goodman calls, "the silenced majority." Donate $100 to ETAN and receive a personally signed copy of Exception to the Rulers as a thank you gift. "Amy Goodman has taken investigative journalism to new heights." —Noam Chomsky
“A threat to national security.”
— The Indonesian
military
Hyperion. 2004. 352 pages. Hardcover. $22 Paperback $12 From Publishers Weekly About Amy Goodman Order Amy's videos: From Annihilation to a New Nation: The Founding of East Timor and Crashing the Stock Market! See Amy on her book tour (If you can help leaflet at one of these events contact etan@etan.org.) Excerpt from the book: A Sanctuary for Dissent
B54 West Papua and
Indonesia since Suharto: Independence, Autonomy
or Chaos? University of NSW Press, 2004, 240 pages $24.95 In the 1950s, the people of West Papua (then Dutch New Guinea) were promised self-determination and eventual independence by their colonial masters. But in 1963 Indonesia took over the territory with the blessing of the United States, the United Nations, and Australia. This book reviews the long guerrilla struggle of the Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM) for a Free Papua and traces the rise of a non-violent independence movement alongside it - led by the Papua Council Presdium - following the fall of Indonesia's military dictator General Suharto in 1998. Traveling extensively in West Papua and throughout Indonesia, Peter King has interviewed leading figures from the West Papuan Independence movement, church groups, and human rights NGOs. West Papua and Indonesia since Suharto places the current Papuan struggles in a context of failing Indonesian reform. Peter King is a research associate in government and international relations at the University of Sydney. "King argues passionately and persuasively that international intervention to resolve Papua’s plight is essential: Australia, the US and other countries must act in concert through the UN once more, as they did in East Timor. Indonesians must be persuaded that their best interests lie not in a ‘security approach’ but in dialogue and negotiation with the Papuans and other disenchanted minorities," Read review: West Papua’s long struggle for justice
B49 East Timor Testimony Between the Lines (Canada) 2004. 128 pages,
64 duotones. $35.00 "I
want people to appreciate the resourcefulness and strength of the people of
East Timor. They have resisted occupation for many decades, long before the
Indonesia occupation (including Portuguese colonization and the Japanese
invasion during the Second World War), though this was by far the most
brutal. They have lost a whole generation of people and now have very young,
inexperienced, though determined, people trying to establish strong
economic, social, and educational institutions. It will take a couple of
generations for this healing to take place. ELAINE BRIERE is an internationally recognized photojournalist and filmmaker whose work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, and Japan. Her 1997 film Bitter Paradise: The Sell-Out of East Timor won Best Political Documentary at the Toronto HOT DOCS! Festival in 1997. She lives in Vancouver.
From the days of the colonial Portuguese rule, through the tumultuous years of the Indonesian invasion, to the present day, this book is a disturbing portrayal of the complete failure of the international community to deal with the East Timor situation. With expert analysis and clarity of writing, James Dunn highlights the disturbing gap between the noble rhetoric and the heartless reality of our international commitment and resolve. More than the story of one tiny nation, East Timor reveals a great deal about 21st century world order and its weakness in relation to minorities and small states. "I can hardly think of anyone other than James Dunn in a position to undertake a 'long duration' analysis of our recent history." - Xanana Gusmão, President, East Timor For more than 30 years Dunn has worked in international relations, first as a defense analyst specializing in Indonesia, then as an Australian diplomat serving as consul in, then, Portuguese Timor. He has been a foreign affairs columnist, first with The Bulletin, and more recently as a regular columnist with the Fairfax newspapers. In 1999 he was awarded the ACFOA human rights award. In 2002 he was conferred the honor of Grande Official of the Order of Prince Henry by Dr Jorge Sampaio, the President of Portugal.
Review by Anthony L. Smith
Senior Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Center
for Security Studies, Hawai’i Longueville Press (Australia). 2003. 424 pp. $40 B47 -
A Woman of Independence
Over the next decade, Kirsty worked as an undercover activist in Jakarta, becoming an increasingly valuable operative within the East Timorese independence movement. In 1994 her work brought her into contact with the jailed leader of the resistance movement, the charismatic Xanana Gusmão. Through their letters, smuggled in and out his prison, they fell in love. This unlikely but remarkable romance, no less passionate for their being so forcibly separated, was further tested when Kirsty was compelled to flee Indonesia one step ahead of its feared intelligence service. It was not until the fall of President Suharto and Xanana’s subsequent release from prison that Kirsty was finally reunited with the revered independence leader. Working beside Xanana, Kirsty found herself at the very centre of the epic events that saw East Timor freed from Indonesian occupation: the vote for independence, the militia groups’ murderous rampage that followed, the intervention of Australian and international peacekeeping forces, and the slow and painful rebuilding of a devastated country. Today, the former guerrilla commander and the activist live together as president and first lady, with their two children, in a country where fear has been replaced by hope. A Woman of Independence is the story of an incredible love affair, and the passion and courage it takes to free a nation. Kirsty Sword Gusmão was born in Bendigo, Victoria. She studied Indonesian at university, and later taught English in Jakarta as a cover for her work for the East Timorese resistance movement. She is married to Xanana Gusmão, now the president of East Timor, and has two young children. Macmillan Australia. November 2003. 321 pp. $35 Reviews:
Sydney Morning
Herald;
Courier Mail;
Mercury
This collection of Nobel Laureate Bishop Belo's speeches and writings reveal his longing for East Timor to become a free and just society. They deal with reconciliation and refugees, health and human rights, democracy and the church. They are inspirational reading for anyone who shares Belo's belief that a nation might come to enshrine the best human qualities. Color photos. Caritas Australia and the Centre for Peace and Development Studies - East Timor. 2001. 72 pp. $5 paperback.
B41 - Fighting Spirit of East Timor:
The Life of Martinho da Costa Lopes Martinho da Costa Lopes was the first Timorese leader of the East Timorese Catholic Church. After the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975, he worked tirelessly to protect human rights. He was the first person to speak out publicly within East Timor about the abuses perpetrated by the occupation forces, which attracted criticism from the Indonesian government. Under pressure from the Vatican, he resigned from the position of Apostolic Administrator and left his country in 1983. He then traveled extensively, speaking and raising awareness about East Timor. He died in Portugal in 1991. His story is a unique and accessible behind-the-scenes account of East Timor. Pluto Press/Zed. 2001. $22.50 paperback |
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B60 The UN
in East Timor: Building Timor Leste, A Fragile State
by Juan Federer
This
unique book provides an insider's account
of the East Timor liberation struggle. It is also an academically rigorous
study of the creation by the United Nations of Timor
Leste, the world's newest independent state. Dr Juan Federer, for
many years closely involved in the struggle for the liberation of the
territory, examines the UN state-building work in East Timor. He concludes
that it was insufficient to lay the foundations for a well-functioning
state. Timor Leste is a very fragile state, whose future is uncertain. Once
again, the UN was hamstrung by the limited commitment shown by its member
states.
The author argues for a stronger international state-building effort to
strengthen fragile or failing post-colonial states. East Timor/Timor Leste
would have provided a perfect opportunity to do such work properly. He
stresses the need for the international community to seriously address the
international humanitarian and security problem presented by fragile states
- a long-term legacy of the 20th century colonial experience. The book's
publication on the eve of the creation of the UN Peace Building Commission
is well timed.
Chilean-born Federer was a key advisor and colleague
of José
Ramos-Horta and the East Timorese resistance. He was a founder of
Timor Aid and the East Timor International Solidarity Centre.
2005. 134 pages, Charles Darwin University Press. $40
B36 - The Trial of
Henry Kissinger
by Christopher Hitchens
"I find it contemptible." – Henry Kissinger
"An eloquent and devastating indictment of Henry Kissinger's
involvement in the war in Indochina, genocide in East Timor and many other
acts of indiscriminate murder." – The Village Voice
"His own lonely impunity is rank; it smells to heaven. If it is
allowed to persist then we shall shamefully vindicate the ancient
philosopher Anacharsis, who maintained that laws were like cobwebs; strong
enough to detain only the weak, and too weak to hold the strong. In the
name of innumerable victims known and unknown, it is time for justice to
take a hand."
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Weighing the evidence with judicial care, and developing his case with scrupulous parsing of the written record, Hitchens takes the floor as prosecuting counsel. He investigates, in turn, Kissinger’s involvement in the war in Indochina, mass murder in Bangladesh, planned assassinations in Santiago, Nicosia and Washington, D.C., and genocide in East Timor. Drawing on first-hand testimony, previously unpublished documentation, and broad sweeps through material released under the Freedom of Information Act, he mounts a devastating indictment of a man whose ambition and ruthlessness have directly resulted in both individual murders and widespread, indiscriminate slaughter.
Christopher Hitchens lives in Washington, D.C. and writes columns for Vanity Fair.
Verso. 2001.
160 pages. Paperback $12
This is the first history of Fretilin, East Timor's dominant political party. Having sold out its first print run, demand has brought about the reprint of Dr Helen Hill's history of the early years of Fretilin, from its formation in 1974 through the civil war and Indonesian invasion in 1975, to 1978. Thoroughly researched and comprehensively indexed, this is an important, impressive and eminently readable history of one of the current era’s most dynamic, persistent and ultimately successful nationalist movements. This is a vibrant account of a nationalist party upon which enormous stresses and responsibilities were thrust while it was still a political toddler. Otford, 222 pages. Paperback. $25
B33 - Bitter Flowers, Sweet Flowers: East Timor, Indonesia,
and the World Community
Edited by Richard Tanter , Mark Selden , and Stephen R. ShalomThree activist academics have put together this book which comprehensively describes the process and prospects for East Timor’s independence. “Bitter Flowers, Sweet Flowers” includes chapters by analysts and first-hand participants in East Timor’s 1999 referendum, incorporating both the facts and the emotion of that difficult process. By incorporating U.N., academic, resistance, solidarity, and East Timorese perspectives, this book covers the background and history of the referendum, the context and process of how which it occurred, and possibilities for East Timor’s future. Authors include many familiar to ETAN: Allan Nairn, Constâncio Pinto, Charles Scheiner, Noam Chomsky, Sarah Niner, Arnold Kohen and others.
"The overall effect of Bitter Fowers, Sweet Flowers is worthwhile and thought-provoking. This volume is to be highly recommended as a reader on East Timor."—Southeast Asian Studies
"Bitter Flowers is an invaluable resource for the lessons of East Timor, the youngest nation in the third millennium and a source of hope to all who value liberty."—Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, author of Speak to Power
Part I, "East Timor: Resistance, Repression, and the Road to Independence," explore the dynamics of the long struggle for independence, from Portugal and then Indonesia, focusing particularly on the role of the National Council of Timorese Resistance and the Catholic Church. Part II, "Referendum and Independence," provides four eyewitness accounts of the 1999 UN-sponsored referendum and the concomitant militia violence supported by the Indonesian military. Part III, "East Timor, the United States, and the World Community," examines international dimensions of the struggle. Part IV, "East Timor and Indonesia," looks at the changing character of the Indonesian state and the significance of East Timor in Indonesian political developments. The final section, "The Future of East Timor," considers the prospects for an independent East Timor, charting the potential shoals that lie ahead.
Rowman & Littlefield, 2001. 304 pages. Paperback. $37
B37 - Outside Indonesia: East Timor Special issue of Inside Indonesia.
Articles on women, sustainable development and globalization, human rights, justice and reconciliation, refugees, Timor's oil, the Oecussi–Ambeno enclave, Indonesians who supported East Timor, bringing Indonesian generals to U.S. court, internet resources and more.
Inside Indonesia. July-September 2002. 34 pages, $5 magazine
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B39 - Bitter Dawn: East Timor - A People's Story by Irena Cristalis Few nations have endured a birth as traumatic and painful as the
world's youngest country, East see Jakarta Post review by Carmel Budiardjo see also Irena Cristalis and Catherine Scott, Independent women. The story of women’s activism in East Timor Zed Press. 2002. 306 pp. $25 paperback
B38 - A Dirty Little War A Dirty Little War is the previously untold eyewitness story of Indonesia's sustained campaign of terror from 1997 to 1999. Written with urgency and compassion by a world-renowned Australian journalist, it is a story filled with drama, horror, human interest, political intrigue - and even the odd flash of black humor. For many years, John Martinkus was the only western journalist based in East Timor. He traveled with guerillas and unearthed the war Indonesia was waging against this fledgling nation. His work has been praised by Timorese leaders including Xanana Gusmão and Jose Ramos Horta. His compelling and passionate reports were published as lead stories in the global media. His news stories were used as source material by the Australian Senate, the UN and Amnesty International. This is the insider's view of that 'dirty little war'; a first-hand and deeply personal account of a shocking period told in a gripping fashion. Random House Australia. 2001. 428 pages, $20 paperback see also Indonesia’s Secret War in Aceh by John Martinkus |
A remarkable journey of nonviolent resistance, inspired by the struggle of
the East Timorese, Ciaron tells the tale of a life dedicated to nonviolent
resistance. Ciaron’s ideas are an inspiring challenge to conventional
response to injustice. This is a tale of a journey of Australians and Britons awakened by the heroism of the East Timorese people, a people who refused to accept an Indonesian military invasion of their country that was facilitated by the international community. Ciaron O’Reilly takes us on a
nonviolent journey from the boardrooms of Brisbane mining companies to the high tech hangers of British Aerospace, Lancashire. He takes us from coffee with Australian counter terrorist operatives, through the pulpits of the Catholic Church, to attempted infiltration by the British Special Branch. British Aerospace take Ciaron and his colleagues to the High Court while the police arrest them. |
B59
Timor Lives! Speeches of Freedom and Independence 2005. 250 pages. Longueville Press. $40 see also B28 - To Resist is
to Win: The Autobiography of Xanana Gusmão, Book Launch Speech by Honourable Justice Marcus Einfeld B4 - Funu: The Unfinished Saga of
East Timor B28 - To Resist is to Win: The
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B34 - Self-Determination in East Timor: The United Nations, the Ballot, and International Intervention
B42 - Peacekeeping in East Timor: The Path to Independence
by Ian Martin
Self Determination in East Timor is an account of the 1999 popular consultation in East Timor, from the negotiations that led to the May 5 Agreements between Indonesia, Portugal, and the United Nations, to the mandating of international intervention to check the violence which followed the peaceful ballot. It describes how political change in Indonesia, the UN's active good offices role, and pressures from Australia and elsewhere led President Habibie to offer the East Timorese a choice between autonomy within Indonesia and independence. Written from the standpoint of the Secretary-General's Special Representative in East Timor, it provides a unique inside account of how UNAMET, the mission established to implement the ballot, went about its task.
"Martin manages to address [the issues] in both a stimulating and highly readable fashion so that expert and novice, policy-maker and academic, can glean a range of facts and insights." —Hugo Dobson, International Peacekeeping
"Martin's insightful account of East Timor's first democratic election offers an invaluable perspective on the UN's involvement in the territory's tortuous democracy-building process."—Terence Duffy, New World
Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001, 171 pp. Paperback $14
An International Peace Academy Occasional Paper
by Michael G. Smith (with Moreen Dee),
with forewords by Sergio Vieira de Mello and Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
Michael Smith analyzes the successes and failures of the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). Continuing the compelling narrative begun by Ian Martin in Self-Determination in East Timor, Smith gives a lucid first-hand account of a United Nations mission in the unfamiliar role of interim government—a mission dealing with critical requirements for good governance, sustainable development, and effective military and police forces. Evaluating the lessons learned from the experience, he highlights the urgent need for reforms within the UN. Major General Michael G. Smith (recently retired from the Australian army after 34 years) was deputy force commander of the UNTAET peacekeeping force from January 2000 through March 2001.
"An important and serious study: balanced, critical, and extremely useful for the UN as it plans future missions elsewhere." —José Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, East Timor
"Both those who have followed the East Timor story, and those with an involvement or interest in UN peace operations elsewhere, will find much to learn, as I have, from General Mike's analysis." —Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary General, UNAMET
Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002, 171 pp. Paperback $16.95
An International Peace Academy Occasional Paper
B46 The East Timor Problem and the Role of Europe
B2 - East Timor: Genocide in Paradise
In
this emotional and inspiring memoir, Pinto describes Portuguese colonialism,
East Timor’s brief moment of independence in 1975, the U.S.-backed invasion,
life under more than 20 years of Indonesian occupation, and the formation of a
courageous movement for Timorese self-determination.
In addition to providing a helpful primer on Timorese culture, politics, and society, an introduction and epilogue by Jardine discuss the international solidarity movement that has stepped up the fight to win self-determination for East Timor.
"A must read. This simply amazing story will make you want to get up and fight for the rights of the people of East Timor....It will reaffirm your faith in the human spirit." —Global Education News
"This is not only a must for supporters of the East Timor solidarity
movement but also for a wider public. Constancio Pinto's story shows why it is
that the East Timorese deserve the solidarity of anybody who cherishes peace
and justice."
—TAPOL Bulletin
292 pp. South End Press, US, 1996. $16
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B22 - Buibere: Voice of East Timorese Women Stories told by 20 women living in East Timor, compiled by Rebecca Winters. Benefits Timor Aid, to assist victims of rape and torture in East Timor. 106 pp. East Timor International Support Centre, Australia. 1999. $12 |
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Noam Chomsky B35 -
Rogue States The Rule of Force in
World Affairs South End Press, 2000, 264 pages 2000. Paperback $16.00 B9 - Powers & Prospects: Reflections on human
nature and the social order
B49 - East Timor Testimony Photographs by Elaine Briere with essays by Noam Chomsky and others. $35 B33 - Bitter Flowers, Sweet Flowers: East Timor, Indonesia, and the World Community Edited by Richard Tanter , Mark Selden , and Stephen R. Shalom Essays by Noam Chomsky and others $37 B46 - The East Timor Problem and the Role of Europe Edited by Pedro Pinto Leite. Updated versions of papers by Chomsky and others. $10 special price
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B6 -
Generations of Resistance: East Timor Photographs by Steve Cox, with a 45-page historical introduction by Peter Carey. Sixty pages of extraordinary photos of East Timor, including 8 in color of the Dili massacre. Cassell, UK, 1995. Large format, 120 pp. $39.50 |
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B26 - Inside
Out East Timor By Ross Bird. A personal photographic account of daily life in East Timor before the 1999 destruction. For a preview of the book, go to www.rossbirdphotography.com.au 168 pp,130 photos. Herman Press, Australia. July 1999. $60 hardcover, $40 paper |
see also Complicity in Genocide: Report to the East Timor "Truth Commission" on International Actors by Geoff C. Gunn, 242 pp. $25 and New Nation: United Nations Peace-Building in East Timor by Geoff C. Gunn and Reyko Huang; 209 pp. $25