REVIEW: Correcting the myth of East Timor

Abstract

Review of Reluctant Saviour: Australia, Indonesia and the Independence of East Timor, by Clinton Fernandes By trawling through the public record of the events of the time, Fernandes has amassed a convicing collection of little-known evidence showing just how reluctant the Australian Government was to assist the Timorese. He has used often obscure examples, passed-over by the media at the time, to show the true intent of the government.

Keywords

• Australia
• government
• Indonesia
• East Timor
• independence
• investigative journalism