Indonesia's war against East Timor: how it ended/
Clinton Fernandes
- 2021
This article explains how the 24-year war against East Timor ended by analysing the three pillars on which Indonesia's control rested: its military superiority over the East Timorese resistance; the support of the international community; and its determination to retain the territory. Indonesia's overwhelming military superiority persisted until the very end.
SELF-DETERMINATION--GUERRILLA WAR--COUNTER-INSURGENCY AIR POWER--SOLIDARITY US FOREIGN POLICY INDONESIAN MILITARY TIMOR-LESTE