Three Centuries of Conflict in East TimorOne of the most troubling but least studied features of mass political violence is why violence often recurs in the same place over long periods of time. Douglas Kammen explores this pattern in Three Centuries of Conflict in East Timor, studying that regions tragic past, focusing on the small district of Maubara. Once a small but powerful kingdom embedded in long distance networks of trade, over the course of three centuries the people of Maubara