A People Betrayed: The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide by Linda Melvern
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ISBN: 9781848132450
Publisher : Zed Books - 15 July 2009
Paperback, 348 Pages
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 holds governments to account, showing how individuals could have prevented the killing and didn't do so. The book also reveals the unrecognized heroism of those who stayed on during the genocide, volunteer peacekeepers and those who ran emergency medical care.