East Timor: A rough passage to independence
Longueville, $39.95pb, 411pp
Gough’s ‘Mestizos’
The careful media management accompanying the Australian National Archive’s release in January 2004 of cabinet papers covering the first year in office of the Whitlam government underlined the interest of the ageing ex-prime minister and his supporters in safeguarding his status as an Australian icon. It was a success: most analysts agreed that the papers showed that in 1973 the newly elected Labor government performed with exceptional dynamism and transparency.
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East Timor: A rough passage to independence
by James Dunn
Longueville, $39.95pb, 411pp
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