Three Centuries of Conflict in East Timor

by Douglas Kammen

One of the most troubling but least studied features of mass political violence is why violence often recurs in the same place over long periods of time. Douglas Kammen explores this pattern in Three Centuries of Conflict in East Timor, studying that region's tragic past, focusing on the small district of Maubara. Once a small but powerful kingdom embedded in long-distance networks of trade, over the course of three centuries the people of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813574102
• ISBN13: 9780813574103
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary