Born of Fire and Ash: Australian operations in response to the East Timor crisis 1999-2000

Australia’s involvement in East Timor from 1999-2000 was this nation’s largest missions conducted under United Nations auspices, the single largest deployment of ADF personnel since the Second World War and an instrumental part of Timor-Leste gaining its independence. It was the first time that Australia led such a large multi-national force, and this history is an honest, challenging and compelling account of the 1999 crisis and the stabilisation efforts to bring peace to a near neighbour.