Linda Melvern

A People Betrayed (eBook, PDF)

The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Events in Rwanda in 1994 mark a landmark in the history of modern genocide. Up to one million people were killed in a planned public and political campaign. In the face of indisputable evidence, the Security Council of the United Nations failed to respond.

In this classic of investigative journalism, Linda Melvern tells the compelling story of what happened. She holds governments to account, showing how individuals could have prevented what was happening and didn't do so. The book also reveals the unrecognised heroism of those who stayed on during the genocide, volunteer peacekeepers and those who ran emergency medical care.

Fifteen years on, this new edition examines the ongoing impact of the 1948 Genocide Convention and the shock waves Rwanda caused around the world. Based on fresh interviews with key players and newly-released documents, A People Betrayed is a shocking indictment of the way Rwanda is and was forgotten and how today it is remembered in the West.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783602698
• Artikelnr.: 40780031

Autorenporträt

Linda Melvern, a British investigative journalist, has written regularly for the British press. For fifteen years she has investigated and written about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. A consultant to the Military One prosecution team at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, (ICTR) her archive of documents on the planning and preparation of the genocide was a part of the documentary evidence used by the prosecution. She is an Honorary Professor in the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Inhaltsangabe

Maps Introduction to the 2024 edition Introduction to the 2019 edition 1.
Genocide, April 1994 2. The Past is Prologue: Rwanda 1894-1973 3. The
Rwandan Patriotic Front 4. Akazu: The Oligarchy Ruling Rwanda 5. Peace in
Rwanda? The Arusha Accords 6. Preparing the Genocide 7. The Hate Radio:
Radio-Télévision Libre des Mille Collines 8. New World Order and High Hopes
for a UN Success 9. Peacekeepers: The UN Arrives 10. Peacekeepers in
Trouble: February-April 1994 11. The UN Security Council: 5 April 1994 12.
Four Days in Kigali: 6-9 April 1994 13. The Genocide Exposed 14. The Secret
Meanings of the Security Council 15. Genocide Spreads 16. The World Shuts
the Door 17. For Valour 18. Starting from Zero: 18 July 1994 19. The
Genocide Convention Chronology Appendix Genocide Convention, 1948