{"product_id":"challenge-the-strong-wind-9780774862974","title":"Challenge the Strong Wind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChallenge the Strong Wind recounts the story of Canadian policy toward East Timor from the 1975 invasion to the 1999 vote for independence, demonstrating that historical accounts need to include both government and non-governmental perspectives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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 *\u003cbr\u003e\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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by \u003cem\u003eRobert Bothwell and John English\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Never a Lost Cause\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: From Indifference to Complicity, 1975–83\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Through Australian Eyes? Pierre Trudeau and the Indonesian Annexation of East Timor, 1975–77\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Human Rights and the Humanitarian Impulse: Oxfam and East Timor, 1975–76\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Changing Sides at the United Nations, 1978–82\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Ceasefire and War Crimes, 1983\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: A Clash of Narratives, 1984–91\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 A Counter-Narrative Emerges, 1980–85\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Congruent Interests? The Mulroney Government, 1984–91\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Canadian Catholics and the East Timor Struggle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 The Canada Asia Working Group, 1986–91\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Speaking Mouths: The East Timor Alert Network, 1986–91\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Trade vs. Human Rights, 1991–98\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Santa Cruz and After\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Human Rights and Diaspora Diplomacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Recalibrating the Relationship, 1993–95\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 A Nobel Cause: Diplomacy and Activism, 1996–98\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Changing the Narrative, 1998 Onward\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Canada Comes Around, 1998–99\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 Canada and East Timor in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 Conclusion: Diplomacies Seen and Unseen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404944580951,"sku":"9780774862974","price":66.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774862974.jpg?v=1730488143","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/challenge-the-strong-wind-9780774862974","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}