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Eyewitness to a Genocide : The United Nations and Rwanda /

Why was the UN a bystander during the Rwandan genocide? Do its sins of omission leave it morally responsible for the hundreds of thousands of dead? Michael Barnett, who worked at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations from 1993 to 1994, covered Rwanda for much of the genocide. Based on his firsthand...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barnett, Michael N., 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Cornell University Press, 2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • It was a very good year
  • Rwanda through rose-colored glasses
  • "If this is an easy operation ..."
  • The fog of genocide
  • Diplomatic games
  • The hunt for moral responsibility
  • brief chronology of Rwandan conflict.