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 UN Security Council failed miserably in its response.
In this classic of investigative journalism, Linda Melvern tells the compelling story of what really happened, revealing both the scale, speed and intensity of the unfolding genocide, as well as exposing the governments and individuals who could have prevented what was happening, if they had chosen to act. The book also tells the unrecognised heroism of those who stayed on during the genocide - from volunteer peacekeepers to courageous NGO workers.
Twenty-five years on from one of the darkest episodes in modern history, A People Betrayed is a shocking indictment of how Rwanda was ignored then and how today it is remembered in the West.
Table of Contents
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
Genocide Convention, 1948
Product details
| Published | Mar 15 2019 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 3rd |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 9781786995476 |
| Imprint | Zed Books |
| Illustrations | 3 bw maps |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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