People betrayed : the role of the west in Rwanda's genocide

Melvern, Linda.

People betrayed : the role of the west in Rwanda's genocide the role of the west in Rwanda's genocide / Linda Melvern. - New updated ed. - London ; New York : New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. - vii, 370 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Previous edition: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-354) and index.

Genocide, April 1994 -- The past is prologue : Rwanda 1894-1973 -- The Rwandan patriotic front -- Akazu : the oligarchy ruling Rwanda -- Peace in Rwanda? The Arusha Accords -- Preparing the genocide -- The hate radio : Radio-T�el�evision Libre des Mille Collines -- New world order and high hopes for a UN success -- Peacekeepers : the UN arrives -- Peacekeepers in trouble : February-April 1994 -- The UN Security Council : 5 April 1994 -- Four days in Kigali : 6-9 April 1994 -- The genocide exposed -- The secret meetings of the Security Council -- Genocide spreads -- The world shuts the door -- For valour -- Starting from zero : 18 July 1994 -- The genocide convention.

Melvern reveals how the great powers failed to heed the warnings of the coming catastrophe, and refused to recognise it when, in 1994, up to one million people were killed in Rwanda in a deliberate, public and political campaign.

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Civil War (Rwanda : 1994)


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Genocide--Rwanda.
Human rights--Rwanda.
Atrocities.
Ethnic relations.
Genocide.
Human rights.
Diplomatic relations.
Politik.
Rwanda--V�olkermord.
V�olkermord.
Folkmordet i Rwanda 1994.
Inb�ordeskriget i Rwanda 1994.


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Rwanda--History--Atrocities.--Civil War, 1994
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Westliche Welt.
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