Death in Balibo lies in Canberra / Desmond Ball & Hamish McDonald.

Collection type Library
Author Ball, Desmond, 1947-2016.; McDonald, Hamish, 1948-; McDonald, Hamish;
Call Number 959.86037 B187d
Document type Monograph
Year 2000.
Pagination xi, 199 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
Publisher Allen & Unwin,
Note Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. At first light on 16 October 1975, Indonesian special forces stormed the East Timor village of Balibo, killing five newsmen. A quarter of a century later, the fate of these unarmed civilians continues to nag at consciences in Britain, New Zealand and Australia. Did highly-placed Australian secretly 'sign off' on Indonesia's plans to invade its neighbour? Did they know that the newsmen were targets? Did they choose to leave these young men to the mercy of the Indonesian Army? In this book, a long-term anal yst of Indonesian defence and foreign policy and a world renowned expert on military intelligence uncover what Canberra has been hiding -- Cover.
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