{"product_id":"challenge-the-strong-wind-canada-and-east-timor-1975-99-hardback-9780774862974","title":"Challenge the Strong Wind; Canada and East Timor, 1975–99 (Hardback) 9780774862974","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChallenge the Strong Wind\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCanada and East Timor, 1975–99\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Webster (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774862974\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 March 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 14 b\u0026amp;w photos, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Webster's \u003cem\u003eChallenge the Strong Wind: Canada and East Timor, 1975−99\u003c\/em\u003e is a significant scholarly work on Canada‐East Timor relations.\u003c\/p\u003e - Wu‐Ling Chong (Asian Policy and Politics) \u003cp\u003eI read with avid interest David Webster's \u003ci\u003eChallenge the Strong Wind\u003c\/i\u003e…this is a wonderful book.\u003c\/p\u003e - Ferry de Kerckhove, Senior Fellow, University of Ottawa (International Journal)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 1975, Indonesian forces overran East Timor, just days after it declared independence from Portugal. Canadian officials knew the invasion was coming and endorsed Indonesian rule in the ensuing occupation. \u003cem\u003eChallenge the Strong Wind\u003c\/em\u003e recounts the evolution of Canadian government policy toward East Timor from 1975 to its 1999 independence vote. During this time, Canadian civil society groups and NGOs worked in support of Timorese independence activists by promoting an alternative Canadian foreign policy that focused on self-determination and human rights. After following the lead of key pro-Indonesian allies in the 1970s and '80s, Ottawa eventually yielded to pressure from these NGOs and pushed like-minded countries to join it in supporting Timorese self-rule. David Webster draws on previously untapped government and non-government archival sources to demonstrate that a clear-eyed view of international history must include both state and non-state perspectives. The East Timor conflict serves as a model of multilevel dialogue, citizen diplomacy, and novel approaches to resolving complex disputes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by \u003cem\u003eRobert Bothwell and John English\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Never a Lost Cause\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: From Indifference to Complicity, 1975–83\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Through Australian Eyes? Pierre Trudeau and the Indonesian Annexation of East Timor, 1975–77\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Human Rights and the Humanitarian Impulse: Oxfam and East Timor, 1975–76\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Changing Sides at the United Nations, 1978–82\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Ceasefire and War Crimes, 1983\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: A Clash of Narratives, 1984–91\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 A Counter-Narrative Emerges, 1980–85\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Congruent Interests? The Mulroney Government, 1984–91\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 Canadian Catholics and the East Timor Struggle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 The Canada Asia Working Group, 1986–91\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 Speaking Mouths: The East Timor Alert Network, 1986–91\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Trade vs. Human Rights, 1991–98\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11 Santa Cruz and After\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 Human Rights and Diaspora Diplomacy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13 Recalibrating the Relationship, 1993–95\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14 A Nobel Cause: Diplomacy and Activism, 1996–98\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Changing the Narrative, 1998 Onward\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15 Canada Comes Around, 1998–99\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16 Canada and East Timor in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17 Conclusion: Diplomacies Seen and Unseen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531136364824,"sku":"9780774862974","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/challenge-the-strong-wind-canada-and-east-timor-1975-99-hardback-9780774862974","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}