Bitter Flowers, Sweet Flowers
by Richard Tanter, Mark Selden, Stephen R. Shalom
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Author: Mark Selden, Richard Tanter, Stephen R. ShalomContributor: Peter Bartu
Contributor: Noam Chomsky
Contributor: Richard Falk
Contributor: Geoffrey C. Gunn
Contributor: Peter Hayes
Contributor: Wade Huntley
Contributor: Gerry Van Klinken
Contributor: Helene Van Klinken
Contributor: Arnold S. Kohen
Contributor: Allan Nairn
Contributor: Sarah Niner
Contributor: Constâncio Pinto
Contributor: Geoffrey Robinson
Contributor: João Mariano Saldanha
Contributor: Charles Scheiner
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-03-21
ISBN: 0742509672
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Book Reviews of Bitter Flowers, Sweet Flowers
Book Review: Excellent Review of East Timor Tragedy
Summary: 4 Stars
This book gives an excellent synopsis of the East Timor struggle against Indonesian imperialism. I couldn't help but smirk at the irony of Indonesia, itself the victim of 300 years of European oppression, so easily slipping into the imperialist vacuum created by a retreating Portugal in 1975. Not satisfied with merely supplanting the Lusitanians, the Indonesians did them one better, instituting a 25 year war of savagery against the Timorese freedom fighters. The oft-repeated tale of UN bungling, US indifference and Indonesian foot dragging bears reading again, because, let's face it, despite innumerable politicians mouthing "Never Again!" to allusions of genocide, it has (Kosovo, Rwanda, etc.) and will continue to be the policy of choice for illiberal governments eager to suppress dissent among unpopular minorities.
The only complaint I have is common to essay books, in that some repetition occurs, but overall I give this a thumbs up.
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