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Pieter Drooglever - An Act of Free Choice - 9781851687152 - V9781851687152
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An Act of Free Choice

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Description for An Act of Free Choice Hardcover. Introduces the history and people of West Papua, tracing the origins of the international conflict surrounding their struggle for self-determination following the Second World War. This title focuses on the sham referendum of 1969, which Indonesia dubbed 'The Act of Free Choice', an election rigged to legitimize Indonesian control over West Papua. Num Pages: 928 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1MKLP; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1520.

This important study introduces the history and people of West Papua, tracing the origins of the international conflict surrounding their struggle for self-determination following the Second World War. Based on three decades of exhaustive research and focusing particular attention on the sham referendum of 1969 - which Indonesia dubbed 'The Act of Free Choice', an election rigged to legitimize Indonesian control over West Papua - Droogleever highlights the continuing impact of this injustice on Indonesia's most underdeveloped and poverty-stricken province.

Product Details

Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
928
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
928
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851687152
SKU
V9781851687152
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-22

About Pieter Drooglever
Pieter Drooglever was the lead researcher on a government-sponsored, 27-year study of the decolonisation of Indonesia at the Institute of Netherlands History at The Hague. He also served as chairman of the historical committee for Indonesian Studies, and was a lecturer in Indonesian History at the University of Nymegen, where he held the L.J. Rogier chair.

Reviews for An Act of Free Choice
"Nowhere else can one find a fuller or more creditable account."
International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter
"it is a book for politicians, historians, legal experts and, above all, for those who want to know about the weight of the weak in the events of the modern world. "
Inside Indonesia
“There is always merit in ... Read more

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