A Not-So-Distant Horror: Mass Violence in East Timor

by Joseph Nevins

Book Overview

On August 30, 1999, in a United Nations-sponsored ballot, East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia and for an end to a brutal military occupation. Upon the announcement of the result, Indonesian troops and their paramilitary proxies launched a wave of terror that, over three weeks, resulted in the murder of more than 1,000 people, the rape of untold numbers of women and girls, the razing of 70 percent of the country's buildings and infrastructure,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801489849
• ISBN13: 9780801489846
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher