Sub Title: the Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide
Author: Linda Melvern
Description
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 unrecognized 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.
About the Author
Linda Melvern is an investigative journalist and writer. For four years she was a reporter with The Sunday Times, including as a member of their award-winning Insight Team. Since leaving the paper to write her first book, she has written widely for the British press and also lectures on international issues.
Her books include:
The Ultimate Crime: Who Betrayed the United Nations and Why (1995)
End of the Street (1986)
Techno-Bandits (1984).
Contents
1. Genocide, April 1994
2. The Past is Prologue: Rwanda 1894-1973
3. The Involvement of France, Egypt and Uganda
4. Akazu: The Oligarchy Ruling Rwanda
5. Peace in Rwanda? The Arusha Accords
6. Preparing the Genocide
7. The Hate Radio: Radio Television des Milles Collines
8. The New World Order and High Hopes for a UN Success
9. Peacekeepers: The UN Arrives
10. Peacekeepers in Trouble: October 1993-April 1994
11. The UN Security Council, April 5, 1994
12. Four Days in Kigali: 6 - 9 April, 1994
13. The Truth of Genocide and a Bodyguard of Lies
14. The Secret Meetings of the Security Council
15. Genocide Spreads
16. The World Shuts the Door
17. For Valour
18. July 1994: Starting from Zero
Published By: Zed Books
156 mm x 236mm/SC /pp / ISBN 978-1-8481-3232-0/ R229/ July 2009
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