See no evil : New Zealand's betrayal of the people of West Papua /

This is a participant history of the struggle for indigenous rights in West Papua, New Guinea, against exploitation and "slow-motion genocide" by Indonesian and New Zealand elites. Using recently declassified documents, the manuscript charts the evolution of New Zealand foreign policy to f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leadbeater, Maire, 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cincinnati : University of Cincinnati Press, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • From the Pleistocene period to the intrusion of the outside world
  • The Indonesian War of Independence and the West New Guinea dispute
  • The promise of decolonisation
  • Future in the balance: New Zealand takes a stand
  • The rise of the morning star: hope gives way to betrayal
  • The New York Agreement paves the way for an Indonesian takeover
  • West Irian out of the headlines: Konfrontasi a new challenge for New Zealand
  • Indonesia's killing fields
  • Indonesia has the upper hand: 1966-68
  • The act of free choice: neither free nor a choice
  • Repression and armed resistance after the act of free choice
  • The 1980s: a dark and desperate decade
  • Suharto goes but thwarted hope for West Papua
  • Change is in the air
  • New Zealand chooses the wrong partners, but West Papuans find Pacific allies
  • Conclusion.