East timor-nationalism and colonialism

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ID8414799
AuthorsRichard W Franke, Richard Franke (0009-0007-1583-3311, corresponding author)
Year1979
Volume11
Issue2
Pages69-70
Publication date1979-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-4810 • E-ISSN: 1472-6033
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14672715.1979.10424042
OpenAlexW2321056864
LanguageEN
Citations received24

On November 25, 1975, one of the last of Portugal's colonial territories declared itself the independent Democratic Republic of East Timor. On December 7, 1975, 4,000-6,000 Indonesian troops landed in the capital of the country. So began a major military and political struggle that continues to this day as a nation of 950,000 people resist the forced annexation and incorporation into a nation of 130 million. Despite massive supplies of United States military equipment on their side, the Indonesians have run into two difficult obstacles: the tortuously rugged terrain of an island that has fascinated geographers for the past two centuries, and the solid will and political organization of a people who had been written off by many observers and politicians as not likely to care too much one way or the other about who was governing them

Ancient history · Annexation · Capital (architecture · Colonial rule · Colonialism · Democracy · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic history · Economics · Indonesian · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law

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