Diplomatic deceits : government, media and East Timor / Rodney Tiffen
- Bib ID:
- 876949
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Tiffen, Rodney
- Description:
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- Sydney : UNSW Press, 2001
- xii, 128 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 086840571X (paperback)
- Summary:
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"This book examines the changing character of media coverage of East Timor and the shifts in Australian diplomacy and public opinion. Taking events up to the release of new Foreign Affairs documents in late 2000, it is the first detailed account of how diplomatic imperatives, domestic political controversies and news coverage unfolded during Australia's greatest foreign policy disaster of the last quarter of a century."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Foreword / Chris Masters
- 1. Introduction: Neither principled nor pragmatic
- 2. Pre-emption and containment: Pre-invasion politics 1974-75
- 3. The politics of inevitability: 1976-91
- 4. The issue that would not die: After the Dili massacre
- 5. Triumph and tragedy: 1999
- 6. After intervention: Politics as usual
- 7. Tangled agendas: Diplomatic pragmatism and democratic politics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Copyright:
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