Pt. 1. East Timor: resistance, repression, and the road to independence. The five-hundred-year Timorese Funu / Geoffrey C. Gunn ; A long journey of resistance: the origins and struggle of CNRT / Sarah Niner ; The student movement and the independence struggle in East Timor: an interview / Constncio Pinto ; The Catholic church and the independence of East Timor / Arnold S. Kohen -- Pt. 2. Referendum and independence. With UNAMET in East Timor--an historian's personal view / Geoffrey Robinson ; The militia, the military, and the people of Bobonaro / Peter Bartu ; Taking the risk, paying the price: East Timorese vote in Ermera / Helene van Klinken ; Grassroots in the field--observing the East Timor consultation / Charles Scheiner -- Pt. 3. East Timor, the United States, and the world community. East Timor, the United States, and international responsibility: "green light" for war crimes / Noam Chomsky ; The East Timor ordeal: international law and its limits / Richard Falk ; U.S. support for the Indonesian military: Congressional testimony / Allan Nairn ; East Timor and Asian security / Wade Huntley, Peter Hayes -- Pt. 4. East Timor and Indonesia. East Timor and the crisis of the Indonesian intelligence state / Richard Tanter ; Big states and little independence movements / Gerry van Klinken -- Pt. 5. The future of East Timor. The transition of a small war-torn economy into a new nation: economic reconstruction of East Timor / Joô Mariano Saldanha ; East Timor faces the future / Richard Tanter, Mark Selden, Stephen R. Shalom.