Timor-Leste : historical legacies and contemporary challenges

Andrew McWilliam; Michael Leach

doi:10.4324/9781315623177-1

Timor-Leste : historical legacies and contemporary challenges

Andrew McWilliam, Michael Leach

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The history of Timor-Leste is a compelling story of a people prevailing against the odds. The nation's harrowing journey from an economically impoverished colonial Portuguese backwater in 1975, followed by a generation-long military occupation by Indonesia, only to emerge as an independent republic at the turn of the twenty-first century, is as remarkable as it is unlikely. Perhaps above all, it stands as a lasting testament to the resilience and desire of a people to be free.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Timor-Leste
Editors	Andrew McWilliam, Michael Leach
Place of Publication	U.K.
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	1-14
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315623177
ISBN (Print)	9781138654563
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315623177-1
Publication status	Published - 2019

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