Coup : reflections on the political crisis in Fiji /

"May 19, 2000. Fiji's democratically elected multiracial government is hijacked by a group of armed gunmen led by George Speight, and held hostage for fifty days. Suva, the capital, is torched and looted as Speight's supporters gather on the lawns of the parliamentary complex, dancing...

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Other authors / contributors: Lal, Brij V., Pretes, Michael, 1963-
Imprint: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2008.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Fijicoup.com
  • The Sun Set at Noon Today
  • An Historic View of Fiji
  • Refections on the Civilian Coup in Fiji
  • An Analysis of the Current Political Crisis in Fiji
  • Constitutional Order in Multi-Ethnic Societies
  • Thoughts on Fiji's Third Coup D'Etat
  • On Being Fijian
  • Outcasts of the Pacific
  • Race, Speight and the Crisis in Fiji
  • Peace in Fiji
  • On Reconciliation
  • Two Countries Called Fiji
  • Living in Unusual Times
  • Who Will Pick up the Pieces?
  • Fiji Villagers' Bus Trip to Freedom
  • Guns and Money
  • Conversations at Mahendra Chaudhry's Home
  • Fiji's New Western Confederacy
  • The 'Ghostly Smell' of Indian Coolies too Strong for Speight
  • The Race Bandwagon
  • The Strange Saga of Speight's Siege in Suva
  • Chaudhry's Last Public Address before He Was Made Hostage
  • Confidential Draft and Statement of 22 May 2000
  • Statement to the Commonwealth by the Fiji People's Coalition Government
  • Statement to the Members of the Commonwealth Ministerial Group
  • Statement of the Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma on the Armed Seizure of Government
  • A Public Statement by the President of the Methodist Church in Fiji
  • Coup Timeline 1987-2001.