| Description |
1 online resource (259 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by John Howard; Map of East Timor; List of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Marking Fifteen Years on for INTERFET; Part I: The Lead-up to the INTERFET Intervention; 1 INTERFET and the United Nations; 2 Understanding Australia's Role Leading to the Intervention; 3 UNAMET's Electoral Mission Accomplished; 4 A Personal Account of UN Police in UNAMET; 5 Creating an Australian-Led Multinational Coalition; 6 Lessons for Australia's National Security Policy and Policymaking from INTERFET; Part II: The Intervention; 7 Commanding INTERFET |
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8 A Tactical Commander's Perspective9 Lessons Learned from INTERFET's First Ten Days; 10 The Special Forces Role; 11 East Timorese Expectations and Experiences of INTERFET; 12 Early Days in the Ambeno Enclave; Part III: International Perspectives; 13 A Unique Relationship Between the TNI and INTERFET; 14 The East Timor Crisis and the Australia-Indonesia Relationship; 15 The Significance of New Zealand's Contribution; 16 The Significance of Thailand's Contribution; 17 The Significance of the Philippines' Contribution; 18 Managing INTERFET and Regional Multinational Coalitions |
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Part IV: Reflections19 The Significance of INTERFET to Timor-Leste; 20 The Strategic and Political Consequences of INTERFET; 21 Reflections on the Tactical, Operational and Lessons of the Intervention; Appendix: Military History and Heritage Victoria; Bibliography; Contributors; Time Line of Key Events; Index |
| Summary |
Australia's involvement in the liberation of East Timor in 1999 was the most decisive demonstration of Australian influence in the region since World War II and the largest military contribution since the Vietnam War. Australian diplomacy and leadership shaped the events that led to the birth of Asia's newest nation. East Timor Intervention looks at the crisis through the prism of key participants and observers on the ground and abroad, including Indonesia's martial law commander Kiki Syahnakri defending his record, the country's first president Xanana Gusmão on the resolution and poise of Timor's resistance fighters, Australia's Chief of Defence Force Chris Barrie on cobbling the force together, commander of the International Force Peter Cosgrove on the operation, and key policy adviser Hugh White on Canberra's policy contortions in the lead-up to the intervention. This impressive collection includes significant new perspectives on Southeast Asian security affairs and the role Australia can play in regional security and stability |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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International Forces East Timor -- History
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International Forces East Timor |
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Peacekeeping forces, Australian -- Timor-Leste
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HISTORY.
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Armed Forces -- Operations other than war
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Autonomy and independence movements
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Peacekeeping forces, Australian
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Australia -- Armed Forces -- Operations other than war
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Timor-Leste -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements
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Australia
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Timor-Leste
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blaxland, John Charles, 1963- editor
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| ISBN |
0522867774 |
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9780522867770 |
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