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 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. Cover About the Author Title Page Copyright Contents Abbreviations Maps 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 meetings 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 Notes Sources Acknowledgements Index