Irena Cristalis

East Timor

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Produktbeschreibung

Few nations have endured a birth as traumatic as that endured by Asia's youngest country, East Timor. Based research, and interviews with East Timor 's leaders, priests, nuns, students and guerrilla fighters, this book explores the complexities of the country's internal politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Zed Books Ltd
• Revised and Updated Edition
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9781848130135
• ISBN-10: 1848130139
• Artikelnr.: 23489165

Autorenporträt

Irena Cristalis, who also writes and broadcasts under the byline, Irene Slegt, is a Dutch journalist and photographer. Her photos and reports on China, Indonesia and many other Asian countries have been used by newspapers, magazines and radio stations around the world, including the Guardian, the Independent, the New York Times, The Economist, and the BBC.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue 1. A View from the Ditch 2. Distant Glimmers 3. The Past Casts its
Shadow 4. Requiems 5. The Bishop and the Mountain 6. Timor's Joan of Arc 7.
The Crocodile Bares its Teeth 8. The Dam Breaks 9. Big Brother Xanana 10. A
Difficult Time Never to be Forgotten 11. No Sanctuary 12. 'Fear is the
parent of cruelty' 13. 'Asking the fox to look after the chickens' 14.
Dancing with Falintil 15. Life in Uaimori 16. 'The Mouth of the Tiger' 17.
The Price of Freedom 18. 'A Sea of Flames' 19. Under Siege 20. Counting
Bodies 21. Healing the Wounds 22. Reconciliation 23. Independência! 24.
Broken Dreams 25. Moving Mountains