Bitter Flowers, Sweet Flowers: East Timor, Indonesia, and the World Community (War and Peace Library)

East Timor is at last, and at terrible human cost, firmly on the road to independence. Exploring the significance of its passage to freedom-for its people, for Asia, and for the world-this multi-voiced volume offers a comprehensive overview of this newest nation's travails and triumphs in an international context. The contributors-a mix of scholars and activists-explore the dynamics of the long struggle for independence and show how the case of East Timor, both during and after the Cold War, provides a litmus test for issues of international responsibility and reconciliation. The book includes remarkable eyewitness accounts of the 1999 UN-sponsored referendum and the concomitant militia violence supported by the Indonesian military. Compelling poetry and photographs bring an additional rich dimension to the work. Pt. 1. East Timor: Resistance, Repression, And The Road To Independence. The Five-hundred-year Timorese Funu / Geoffrey C. Gunn ; A Long Journey Of Resistance: The Origins And Struggle Of Cnrt / Sarah Niner ; The Student Movement And The Independence Struggle In East Timor: An Interview / Constâncio Pinto ; The Catholic Church And The Independence Of East Timor / Arnold S. Kohen -- Pt. 2. Referendum And Independence. With Unamet In East Timor--an Historian's Personal View / Geoffrey Robinson ; The Militia, The Military, And The People Of Bobonaro / Peter Bartu ; Taking The Risk, Paying The Price: East Timorese Vote In Ermera / Helene Van Klinken ; Grassroots In The Field--observing The East Timor Consultation / Charles Scheiner -- Pt. 3. East Timor, The United States, And The World Community. East Timor, The United States, And International Responsibility: Green Light For War Crimes / Noam Chomsky ; The East Timor Ordeal: International Law And Its Limits / Richard Falk ; U.s. Support For The Indonesian Military: Congressional Testimony / Allan Nairn ; East Timor And Asian Security / Wade Huntley, Peter Hayes -- Pt. 4. East Timor And Indonesia. East Timor And The Crisis Of The Indonesian Intelligence State / Richard Tanter ; Big States And Little Independence Movements / Gerry Van Klinken -- Pt. 5. The Future Of East Timor. The Transition Of A Small War-torn Economy Into A New Nation: Economic Reconstruction Of East Timor / João Mariano Saldanha ; East Timor Faces The Future / Richard Tanter, Mark Selden, Stephen R. Shalom. [edited By] Richard Tanter, Mark Selden, And Stephen R. Shalom. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The contributors - a mix of scholars and activists - explore the dynamics of East Timor's long struggle for independence and show how the case of East Timor, both during and after the Cold War, provides a litmus test for issues of international responsibility and reconciliation The FiveHundredYear Timorese Funu ..............3 The Student Movement and the Independence Struggle ..............31