A people betrayed
Subtitle: the role of the West in Rwanda's genocide
By: Linda Melvern.
Publisher: Zed Books; Distributed in the USA exclusively by St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Genocide -- Rwanda.; Rwanda -- Ethnic relations.; Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Atrocities.; Rwanda -- Foreign relations.
Description: "A People Betrayed contains a full narrative account of how the genocide unfolded. It describes its scale, speed and intensity. It is a terrible indictment, not just of the UN Security Council, but of governments and individuals who could have prevented what was happening but chose not to do so." "Drawing on a series of in-depth interviews, the author also tells the story of the unrecognized heroism of those who stayed on during the genocide; volunteer UN peacekeepers; their Force Commander, the Canadian Lt-General Romeo A Dallaire; and Philippe Gaillard, the head of a delegation of the international Committee of the Red Cross, helped by medical teams from Medecins Sans Frontieres."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-264) and index.