02645nam 2200565 450 991046369910332120200520144314.01-4985-0235-0(CKB)2670000000601379(EBL)1987864(SSID)ssj0001440722(PQKBManifestationID)12558398(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001440722(PQKBWorkID)11393457(PQKB)10888415(MiAaPQ)EBC1987864(Au-PeEL)EBL1987864(CaPaEBR)ebr11032525(CaONFJC)MIL751055(OCoLC)904960032(EXLCZ)99267000000060137920150326h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMomentum and the East Timor independence movement the origins of America's debate on East Timor /Shane GundersonLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2015.©20151 online resource (181 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-0234-2 1-336-19769-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Rationality of Social Movement Momentum; 2 Broken Promises of Non-Interference in East Timor; 3 The East Timor Debate Comes to Cornell; 4 U.S. Campaigns of the East Timor Independence Movement; 5 Turning Points, 1980-1992; 6 The Campaign of 1993-1994; 7 Intra-East Timorese Dialogue Campaign, 1995-1996; 8 Turning Points, 1996-1998; 9 Turning Points, 1999; 10 Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; About the Author<span><span>This book examines the campaigns by people in the United States on behalf of those seeking peace for East Timor. Through interviews with activists and intellectuals involved in the movement from 1975 to 1999, it explores "momentum" and "turning points" as perceptions in the minds of individual movement actors. </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>Protest movementsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryTimor-LesteHistoryAutonomy and independence movementsElectronic books.Protest movementsHistory959.87/032Gunderson Shane953347MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463699103321Momentum and the East Timor independence movement2155238UNINA