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Rwanda and genocide in the twentieth century / Alain Destexhe ; translated by Alison Marschner ; foreword by William Shawcross.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: London : Pluto Press, 1995.Description: x, 92 pages : 1 map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0745310427
  • 9780745310428
  • 0745310419
  • 9780745310411
Uniform titles: Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Rwanda and genocide in the twentieth century.LOC classification:
  • DT450.435 D45
Contents:
The unlearned lesson of history -- Three genocides in the twentieth century -- The Hutu and the Tutsi -- From indifference to compassion -- Justice must be done -- Appendix 1. Convention on the prevention and the punishment of the crime of genocide -- Appendix 2. Chronology.
Summary: Why was the world so slow to react to the genocide in Rwanda? This book argues that the delay in providing humanitarian aid was a refusal on the part of the international community to recognise the singularity of the exceptional crime of genocide.
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Translation of: Rwanda, essai sur le genocide.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-88) and index.

The unlearned lesson of history -- Three genocides in the twentieth century -- The Hutu and the Tutsi -- From indifference to compassion -- Justice must be done -- Appendix 1. Convention on the prevention and the punishment of the crime of genocide -- Appendix 2. Chronology.

Why was the world so slow to react to the genocide in Rwanda? This book argues that the delay in providing humanitarian aid was a refusal on the part of the international community to recognise the singularity of the exceptional crime of genocide.

Translation of: Rwanda, essai sur le genocide.

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