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Marker, Jamsheed, 1922-

East Timor : a memoir of the negotiations for independence / by Jamsheed Marker. - Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2003. - viii, 220 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Why East Timor? -- Getting acquainted: people, places and perceptions, Part I (Lisbon: March through July 1997) -- Getting acquainted: people, places and perceptions, Part II (Jakarta: March through July 1997) -- East Timor (March through July 1997) -- The negotiations commence (March through August 1997) -- The consultations widen (Geneva, Pretoria, Vienna, and London: August through November 1997) -- Coming to grips: the negotiations intensify -- (Indonesia and East Timor: December 1997; Portugal: January 1998; London: April 1998) -- Negotiations continue in the shadow of Indonesia's summer of discontent (New York and Washington: April and May 1998) -- The second inning: Indonesia in transit and tumult (New York, Lisbon, Jakarta, and East Timor: June and July 1998) -- The doctor's dilemma: the negotiations intensify, but so does the conflict (New York, Vienna, and Lisbon: October and November 1998) -- Sailing into the squall (Indonesia and East Timor: December 1998) -- A dramatic decision, and an opportunity seized (New York: January and February 1999) -- Substantive progress in negotiations in New York: ominous signals from East Timor (New York, Jakarta, and East Timor: February to April 1999) -- Agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Portuguese Republic (New York: April and May 1999) -- UNAMET and the arduous path to the ballot (New York, Jakarta, Dili, Sydney, and Canberra: May to July 1999) -- The popular consultation in East Timor: the ballot (New York, Jakarta, and Dili: July and August 1999) -- The aftermath of the ballot (Dili, Jakarta, and New York: August 31 to October 31, 1999) -- A review, and some reflections.

ISBN: 0786415711 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2003001315

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United Nations--Timor-Leste.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Timor-Leste--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

LC Class. No.: DS649.6 / .M37 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 959.87032 MAR / 20900