It has been over fifteen years since the 1999 Intervention into East Timor, led by Australia with the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET). This collection of essays brings together a wide range of participants in the momentous events of 1999 and provides a timely reflection on how they see it - reflecting on the meaning, the consequences and the implications arising from the Timor intervention. East Timor Intervention encompasses eye-witness accounts of events on the ground as well as in the political sphere, including: Major General Mike Smith; Professor Hugh White, then Deputy Secretary Strategy in the Department of Defence in Canberra; Admiral Chris Barrie, Chief of the Defence Force at the time; General Sir Peter Cosgrove; Retired Indonesian Major General Kiki Syahnakri who stoutly defends Indonesia's role; and Professor Damien Kingsbury who spells out the scale of the crimes committed. His Excellency Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao seeks to rise above the enmity of the past and focus on the significance of INTERFET to East Timor and the path of reconciliation to the future. This is the landmark collection of work on the events of the INTERFET intervention.
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| Introduction: Marking Fifteen Years on for INTERFET |
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Part I The Lead-up to the INTERFET Intervention |
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1 INTERFET and the United Nations |
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2 Understanding Australia's Role Leading Up to the Intervention |
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26 | (13) |
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3 UNAMET's Electoral Mission Accomplished |
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39 | (14) |
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4 A Personal Account of UN Police in UNAMET |
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53 | (16) |
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5 Creating an Australian-Led Multinational Coalition |
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69 | (20) |
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6 Lessons for Australia's National Security Policy and Policymaking from INTERFET |
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89 | (16) |
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105 | (10) |
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8 A Tactical Commander's Perspective |
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115 | (12) |
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9 Lessons Learned from INTERFET's First Ten Days |
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127 | (13) |
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10 The Special Forces Role |
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140 | (14) |
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11 East Timorese Expectations and Experiences of INTERFET |
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154 | (13) |
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12 Early Days in the Ambeno Enclave |
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167 | (16) |
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Part III International Perspectives |
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13 A Unique Relationship Between the TNI and INTERFET |
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183 | (11) |
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14 The East Timor Crisis and the Australia-Indonesia Relationship |
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194 | (15) |
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15 The Significance of New Zealand's Contribution |
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209 | (18) |
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16 The Significance of Thailand's Contribution |
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227 | (6) |
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17 The Significance of the Philippines' Contribution |
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233 | (8) |
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18 Managing INTERFET and Regional Multinational Coalitions |
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241 | (12) |
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19 The Significance of INTERFET to Timor-Leste |
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253 | (11) |
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20 The Strategic and Political Consequences of INTERFET |
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264 | (16) |
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21 Reflections on the Tactical, Operational and Strategic Lessons of the Intervention |
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280 | (15) |
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| Appendix: Military History and Heritage Victoria |
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295 | (3) |
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| Bibliography |
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298 | (6) |
| Contributors |
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| Time Line of Key Events |
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| Index |
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Dr John Blaxland is a Senior Fellow at SDSC at ANU who writes about military history, intelligence and security and Asia-Pacific affairs. His publications include The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard (CUP, 2014) and Australia, Indonesia and Southeast Asia in Dean, et. al., Australia's Defence: Towards a New Era? (MUP 2014). In 2014 he was awarded a Minerva Research Initiative grant for a project entitled ""Thailand's Military, the USA and China"". He is also the author of the second volume and co-author of the third volume of the official history of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
