Timor-Leste's Long Road to Independence : Transnational Perspectives /

From a much neglected Portuguese colony to independence, Timor-Leste travelled a belated, long and troubled journey that included a 24-year Indonesian occupation. A classic process of European decolonization (1974-1975) was followed by a nationalist struggle against "Third World Colonialism&quo...

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Otros Autores: Graça Feijó, Rui (Editor ), Pereira, Zelia (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2023
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
National liberation and independence.
Asian history.
Peace studies and conflict resolution.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace.
HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia.
National liberation and independence, post-colonialism.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgements A Note on the Name of the Country Notes on Contributors List of Figures INTRODUCTION Timor-Leste's Long Road to Independence: Outline for an Analytical Framework (Zélia Pereira & Rui Graça Feijó) 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 (Rui Graça Feijó) 2. Elusive Colonialism in the Age of Bandung: Portugal, Timor-Leste and Indonesia, c.1947-1974 (Pedro Aires Oliveira) 3. An "Undigestible Lump:" Timor-Leste and the Politics of Self-determination (Brad Simpson) PART TWO
  • THE PORTUGUESE REVOLUTION ARRIVES IN TIMOR-LESTE 1. Nations of Intent: Competing Ideological Views of Nationalism in Timor-Leste, 1974-1999 (Michael Leach) 2. Looking for a "Honourable Political Solution:" the <cite>Comissão Nacional de Descolonização</cite> and the Fate of Timor-Leste, 1974-1976 (Zélia Pereira) 3. "<cite>Canções Revolucionárias</cite>:" Rhetoric, Hermeneutic and Ideology Critique (Martinho G. da Silva Gusmão) PART THREE
  • REACTION TO THE INDONESIAN INVASION OF TIMOR-LESTE 1. "Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't:" Portugal, the UN and the Timor-Leste Issue (Zélia Pereira) 2. "Reduce the Pressure on the Indonesians:" Australian Timor Policy at the UN, 1975-1982 (Peter Job) 2. "Our Interest Is Minimal, but...." Britain and the Indonesian Invasion of Timor-Leste, 1975-1976 (Norrie MacQueen) PART FOUR
  • RESISTING THE INDONESIAN ANNEXATION OF TIMOR-LESTE 1. Return to <cite>Fronteira Norte</cite>: Rebuilding Resistance in Timor-Leste Western Districts, 1990-1995 (Edith Bowles) 2. "I Follow the Screaming." The Timorese Catholic Church and the Struggle for Independence (Maria José Garrido) 3. Walking a Tightrope between the Army and the Church. Jesuit Relief during the Indonesian Occupation of Timor-Leste, 1975-1999 (Pocut Hanifah) 4. The Indonesian Genocide in Timor-Leste: Law, Politics, History (Clinton Fernandes) Index

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