The order of genocide : race, power, and war in Rwanda /

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Challenging prevailing studies of the Rwandan genocide, the author provides evidence about local patterns of violence, using original research - including comprehensive surveys undertaken among convicted perpetrators - to assess competing theories about the causes and dynamics of the genocide. Exist...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Straus, Scott, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
1994
Genocide > Rwanda.
Génocide > Rwanda.
HISTORY > Africa > Central.
Atrocities
Ethnic relations
Genocide
Kriegsverbrechen
Nationale Minderheit
Völkermord in Ruanda
Bürgerkrieg
Völkermord
Rwanda > History > Civil War, 1994 > Atrocities.
Rwanda > Ethnic relations.
Rwanda > Histoire > 1994 (Guerre civile) > Atrocités.
Rwanda > Relations interethniques.
Rwanda
Ruanda
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface and acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Background to the genocide
  • 2. Genocide at the national and regional levels
  • 3. Local dynamics
  • 4. The génocidaires
  • 5. Why perpetrators say they committed genocide
  • 6. The logic of genocide
  • 7. Historical patterns of violence
  • 8. Rwanda's Leviathan
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Index.

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