Bitter Dawn: East Timor: A Peoples Story; Author: Cristalis, Irena; Paperback

Author: Cristalis, Irena
Paperback; Illustrations, Chronology, Map, Glossary, Notes, I
317 pages
Published: April 2002
Zed Books
ISBN: 1842771450

This book is a vivid first-hand account of the birth of the world's youngest county, East Timor, of the lives of individual Timorese during the long decades of Indonesia's repressive occupation, of their often heroic struggle for freedom, and of their efforts to cope with and make sense of the dramatic historic shifts engulfing them. Based on years of research, and lengthy interviews with East Timor's past, present, and future leaders, the book explores the complexities of East Timor's internal politics.A moving, unsentimental and insightful account of the suffering and struggle of the ordinary East Timorese. An account of the lives of individual Timorese during the decades of Indonesia's repressive occupation, their struggle for freedom, and their efforts to cope with the historic shifts engulfing them. It is based on research and interviews with East Timor's past, present and future leaders.