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Author:   Linda Melvern
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Zed Books Ltd
Edition:   Second Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.30cm , Height: 14.30cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9781848132443

ISBN 10:   1848132441
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   17 July 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of 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 Libre des Mille Collines 8. The 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, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948 Sources Acknowledgements Index

Reviews

Praise for the first edition: 'Melvern offers a vivid picture of the role of Western nations in abetting, ignoring and allowing Rwanda's genocide.' - New York Times Book Review 'Linda Melvern has written a compelling description of the most dramatic aspects of the genocide.' - Astri Suhrke, International Affairs 'Lifts the lid on the international community's failure to prevent the genocide. Outlines how the slaughter was aided and abetted by international indifference, loans and weapons deals' - Geoff Cumming, New Zealand News 'Quite extraordinary: precise, and yet overwhelming; a fine balance in the face of depravity... Linda Melvern has written an extraordinary account of the Rwanda genocide, and the shocking failure of the West to lift a finger... What Melvern demonstrates so powerfully is that where Western geopolitical interests are absent, Western morality and 'civilised' concerns are nowhere to be found ... A brave and compelling book.' - Richard Falk, Princeton University 'The best overall account of the background to the genocide, and the failure to prevent it...the investigation is hers, and hers alone. She discovered so much that we did not know.' - Lt-.General Romeo Dallaire, Force Commander, UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda, (UNAMIR) 1994 'This is a devastating account of lies, deceit, complacency and tragic neglect... Linda Melvern deserves our thanks for investing so much in breaking the silence and revealing the truth.' - Glenys Kinnock, MEP

Author Information

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.

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