Masters of Terror
Indonesia's Military and Violence in East Timor
Foreword by Noam Chomsky Contributions by David Bourchier, KPP Ham, Douglas Kammen, Gerry Van Klinken, Hamish McDonald Edited by Richard Tanter, Desmond Ball, Van Gerry Klinken
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Publication date:
16 June 2006Length of book:
258 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13: 9781461640042
The terror campaign by pro-Indonesian armed groups before, during, and after East Timor's independence referendum in 1999 was a blatant challenge to the international community as many of the acts of murder, political intimidation, destruction, and mass deportation took place before the eyes of the world. Yet still the ultimate responsibility has been denied and obscured. Masters of Terror provides an authoritative analysis and documentation of the brutal operations carried out by the Indonesian army and its East Timorese allies. The authors carefully assemble detailed accounts of the actions of the major Indonesian officers and East Timorese militia commanders accused of gross human rights violations. This indispensable work explores a horrific frontal attack on democracy and calls for the establishment of an international tribunal for crimes against humanity in East Timor.
These useful essays . . . analyze the politics of East Timor's human rights disaster . . . . Recommended.