02044nam 2200469 450 991079606750332120230420121117.09781922952363(electronic bk.)9781922454973(MiAaPQ)EBC30280238(Au-PeEL)EBL30280238(CKB)25509861000041(EXLCZ)992550986100004120230420h20212021 ky 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierForgotten island Australia, realism and the Timor crisis /Bruce J. Watson1st ed.North Melbourne, Victoria :Australian Scholarly Publishing Ltd,[2021]©20211 online resource (330 pages)Includes bibliography and index.Print version: Watson, Bruce Forgotten Island Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty, Limited,c2021 9781922454973 Nearly fifty years following the Indonesian annexation of East Timor, this tiny, former Portuguese colony remains in the international spotlight. 'Forgotten Island' takes us back to the genisis of the Australian-Indonesian relationship, seeking to answer the question as to why liberal Australia, led by an erudite social democrat in Gough Whitlam, looked away and even became culpably involved in Indonesia's 1975 invasion of Timor, contrary to the principles Australia and Whitlam espoused. (back cover)Political scienceTimor-LesteAnnexation to IndonesiaIndonesiaForeign relationsAustraliaTimor-LesteHistory20th centuryAustraliaForeign relationsIndonesiaHistory.fastPolitical science.327.940598Watson Bruce J.1462728MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910796067503321Forgotten island3671819UNINA