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
Main Author: Straus, Scott, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Völkermord
Bürgerkrieg
Völkermord in Ruanda
Nationale Minderheit
Kriegsverbrechen
Genocide.
Ethnic relations.
Atrocities.
HISTORY > Africa > Central.
Genocide > Rwanda.
Ruanda
Rwanda.
Rwanda > Relations interethniques.
Rwanda > Histoire > 1994 (Guerre civile) > Atrocites.
Rwanda > Ethnic relations.
Rwanda > History > Civil War, 1994 > Atrocities.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
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 genocidaires
  • 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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