New Release Title based on the Fight for West Papuan Independence (now
available on Kindle and POD Amazon)
“Rockefeller and the Demise of Ibu Pertiwi”
Author: Kerry B. Collison
ISBN-10:1-921030-98-4
ISBN-13:978-1-921030-98-7
RRP $24.95
Sid Harta Publishers Melbourne Australia
In 1961 and one month following the disappearance of Michael C.
Rockefeller off the southern coast of what was then known as Dutch Western New
Guinea, Indonesia invaded, annexed and commenced the systematic slaughter of
indigenous Papuans, to pave the way for a massive wave of transmigrated
Javanese.
With the meteoric rise of the new powerhouses China and India,
Indonesian-occupied West Papua’s wealth of oil, gas and minerals precipitates
an international power-play for control over the vast, untapped natural
resources.
Decades have passed since the twenty-three-year-old Rockefeller
disappeared – long presumed dead, when sightings of the heir are widely
reported.
Demands for West Papuan independence gains momentum and Australia is
again drawn into military conflict with the Indonesian Motherland, “Ibu Pertiwi”.
In Europe,
there is growing support for the international community to revisit the flawed
1969 West New Guinea plebiscite. Some member
nations of the European Community, including The Netherlands
And, more
recently, driven by anti-Australian sentiment the groundswell has become
evident amongst Western Pacific island states which, in concert with their
African counterparts such as Zimbabwe, have become increasingly vociferous in
their calls for such a U.N. resolution. And, surprisingly, the lead has now
been taken up by Ireland.
However, the
situation is more than problematic for Australians.
Should the
United Nations support a call for a new plebiscite to be held in West Papua,
such action would undoubtedly become the genesis of any future confrontation
between Australia and Indonesia – fertile ground, indeed, for the growing
number of militant religious groups (both Christian and Moslem) that fester
throughout the great archipelago that is Indonesia, referred to lovingly as
“Ibu Pertiwi”.
What role will the
Melanesian Spearhead Group play in this?
Book now available
worldwide:
eBook:
Amazon AU – https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B075J8H47W (plus all eleven other Amazon international sites)
Apple iTunes AU – https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/rockefeller-the-demise-of-ibu-pertiwi/id1281393801
(plus all 50 other Apple iTunes stores)
POD:
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