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</a></font><h1><b>Momentum and the East Timor Independence
Movement<br><br>
</b></h1><h2><b>The Origins of America’s Debate on East Timor<br><br>
</b></h2><h3><b>SHANE GUNDERSON</b></h3><font size=3>Hardback <br>
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Momentum and the East Timor Independence Movement: The Origins of
America’s Debate on East Timor examines the campaigns by people in the
United States on behalf of those seeking peace for East Timor. The
diplomatic work of voluntary advisors and supporters living in the United
States in the early years of the movement have not been thoroughly
explored until now. Through in-depth interviews with twenty activists and
intellectuals involved in the East Timor movement from 1975-1999 and
qualitative data analysis on information obtained from these interviews,
this book explores “momentum” and “turning points” as perceptions in the
minds of individual movement actors. The author takes readers through a
combination of historical events that shaped social movement actors'
attitudes and started a social movement momentum sequence in 1995. The
East Timor All Inclusive Dialogue, the Timorization of Indonesia, the
public outcries, organizational evolution, and a number of other turning
points in the movement represented a series of successes that led to East
Timor's independence. <br><br>
Shane Gunderson is adjunct professor in communication arts at Florida
International University, adjunct professor at Miami Dade College, and
visiting professor at DeVry University. <br><br>
Chapter 1: The Rationality of Social Movement Momentum<br>
Chapter 2: Broken Promises of Non-Interference in East Timor<br>
Chapter 3: The East Timor Debate Comes to Cornell<br>
Chapter 4: U.S. Campaigns of the East Timor Independence Movement<br>
Chapter 5: Turning Points 1980-1992<br>
Chapter 6: The Campaign of 1993-1994: Targeting Catholics<br>
Chapter 7: Intra-East Timorese Dialogue Campaign 1995-1996: Moments of
Truth<br>
Chapter 8: Turning Points 1996-1998<br>
Chapter 9: Turning Points 1999 <br><br>
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Lexington Books<br>
Pages: 180 • Size: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4<br><br>
978-1-4985-0234-4 • Hardback • March 2015 • $80.00 • (£49.95)<br>
978-1-4985-0235-1 • eBook • March 2015 • $79.99 • (£49.95)<br><br>
Subjects:
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Political Science / World / Asian</a>,
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History / Asia / Southeast Asia</a>,
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Political Science / International Relations / General</a>,
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Political Science / Peace</a>,
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Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural</a>,
<a href="https://rowman.com/Action/BISAC/_/SOC053000/Social-Science_Regional-Studies">
Social Science / Regional Studies</a><br><br>
Shane Gunderson has done a superb work on the solidarity action on
Timor-Leste...a tribute to the many people in the US who took part in the
wider, world-wide solidarity movement that contributed in no small way to
Timor-Leste's independence.<br>
<b> José Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, former President
of Timor-Leste<br><br>
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</b>A valuable contribution to the emerging literature on East Timor and
the international solidarity movement which helped to win its
independence. Gunderson effectively utilizes a range of novel
sourcesfrom interviews with former activists to United Nations
recordsto tell an important story about how social movements form and
sustain themselves in the face of daunting odds.<br>
<b> Brad Simpson, University of Connecticut<br><br>
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</b>Shane Gunderson cogently presents a critical social history of the
East Timor autonomy movement and the role American activists played in
helping the Timorese secure their independence from Indonesia. Based on
meticulous archival research and extensive interviews of movement
activists, their allies, and public intellectuals, Gunderson skillfully
guides readers on a journey beyond massacres and famines, around “turning
points,” and across “momentum” shifts to shed new light on how East
Timor’s freedom was won. Activists and scholars will findMomentum and the
East Timor Independence Movement informative and inspirational. <br>
<b> Robert Benford, University of South Florida<br><br>
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</b>The Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975 initiated one of the
worst crimes of the post-World War II era. It would be hard to imagine a
more unequal struggle than that of the independence movement of the small
territory of East Timor confronting the violent and brutal state of
Indonesia, with its rich resources and enormous international backing,
including the US and its allies. Nevertheless, the courageous resistance
of the Timorese and the remarkable work of a small number of activists
succeeded in generating substantial opposition to the criminal assault,
and finally, in bringing it to an end, far too late but nonetheless a
remarkable triumph. Shane Gunderson’s penetrating inquiry into how this
near-miracle took place provides a great deal of information that will be
new even to those who took part in support for the Timorese, and also
provides valuable insight and guidance for everyone who is concerned with
crimes of state and how they can be countered by popular mobilization and
principled and dedicated engagement.<br>
<b> Noam Chomsky, MIT<br><br>
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