Book contents
- The Good Neighbour
- The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post–Cold War Operations
- The Good Neighbour
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Disclaimer
- Chronology, 1949–2006
- Abbreviations
- Part I Pacific War to the Bougainville Crisis, 1942–90
- Part II The Bougainville Crisis, 1990–97
- Part III Australian Intervention in Bougainville
- 8 New Zealand joins in
- 9 Smiling and waving
- 10 Selling Lincoln
- 11 Setting precedents
- 12 Getting the political focus right
- 13 Trying to leave
- 14 From offstage to centre stage
- 15 Trying to finish the job
- 16 Mission accomplished?
- Part IV Australia's Interventions in Solomon Islands
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
12 - Getting the political focus right
PMG contributions to negotiations, 1999
from Part III - Australian Intervention in Bougainville
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 October 2017
- The Good Neighbour
- The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post–Cold War Operations
- The Good Neighbour
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Disclaimer
- Chronology, 1949–2006
- Abbreviations
- Part I Pacific War to the Bougainville Crisis, 1942–90
- Part II The Bougainville Crisis, 1990–97
- Part III Australian Intervention in Bougainville
- 8 New Zealand joins in
- 9 Smiling and waving
- 10 Selling Lincoln
- 11 Setting precedents
- 12 Getting the political focus right
- 13 Trying to leave
- 14 From offstage to centre stage
- 15 Trying to finish the job
- 16 Mission accomplished?
- Part IV Australia's Interventions in Solomon Islands
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
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- The Good NeighbourAustralian Peace Support Operations in the Pacific Islands 1980–2006, pp. 232 - 246Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016