Introduction -- Indigenous societies and the Early Colonial Era -- The intensification of Colonial power -- Decolonisation and the rise of East Timorese political parties 1974-5 -- Forced integration and the reorganisation of the nation 1976-1989 -- The 1990s: The CNRT and the clandestine resistance -- Untaet and the constitutional assembly 1999-2002 -- Nation-building challenges after independence -- The political-military crisis: East and west -- 2007-2012: Divisions in the elite -- 2013-2015: The return of national unity

1. Nation-building -- Timor-Leste
2. Nationalism -- Timor-Leste
3. Group identity -- Timor-Leste
4. Timor-Leste -- Politics and government