Visa / Widescope, publishers, Camberwell, Melbourne - ISBN:0869320734, 1978. softcover rebound as hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers, barcode, etc. Book in VERY GOOD condition. The development of steadily mounting tension in the former colony between the Portuguese Flower Revolution of April, 1974 and the Indonesia invasion late in 1975 is traced through the eyes of the people involved in Timor's political crisis. For the first time the crucial role of the Portuguese in 'decolonising' one of their last overseas possessions has been scrutinised, and the incricate web of behind-the-scenes international politicking that involved Australia, Indonesia and Portugal is also brought to light. This is a remarkably perceptive piece of investigative journalism.