A new 976-page official military history of Australia's involvement in the 1999 Timor-Leste crisis may not sound like a particularly controversial book.
But that's exactly what this book has become — largely because of what's not been said about it.
The Australian government, which funded the work, and the Australian War Memorial, which co-published it, have so far been muted about its publication. Unlike similar official histories, there's been no launch or fanfare.
