timor-leste

Examines the violent consequences of Communist revolution in Cambodia in the late 1970s and the occupation of East Timor by Indonesian forces from 1975-1999, chronicling indigenous resistance to genocide and extermination; efforts at cover-ups, international interventions, and UN conflict resolution; and the role of U.S. policymakers in both cases.

Tells the story of the genocide that occurred in East Timor after the half-island was invaded by Indonesia in 1975, and the violence that erupted again in 1999 when the population voted for independence from Indonesia, assesses the politics and history behind the events, and argues that armed intervention supported by the U.S., Australia, and the United Kingdom was the key to averting a second genocide in 1999.