A People Betrayed

The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide

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A People Betrayed

The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide

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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.

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-Télévision 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

Product details

Published	Apr 10 2014
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	2nd
Pages	384
ISBN	9781783602704
Imprint	Zed Books
Illustrations	Maps 3
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Melvern offers a vivid picture of the role of Western nations in abetting, ignoring and allowing Rwanda's genocide.

Praise for Previous Editions, New York Times Book Review
Linda Melvern has written a compelling description of the most dramatic aspects of the genocide.

Praise for Previous Editions, Astri Suhrke, International Affairs
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.

Praise for Previous Editions, Glenys Kinnock, MEP
An important book by an important investigative journalist. Linda Melvern gets us closer to the truth and the truth gets us closer to a better world. Only when we know how and why genocide happens, can we hope to stop it from happening again. What an achievement!

Praise for Previous Editions, Linda Polman, author of We Did Nothing: Why the Truth Doesn't Always Come Out When the UN Goes In
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.

Praise for Previous Editions, Lt-.General Romeo Dallaire, UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda
Melvern has written an extraordinary account of the Rwanda genocide, and the shocking failure of the West to lift a finger. A brave and compelling book.

Praise for Previous Editions, Richard Falk, Princeton University