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The ignorant bystander?
Britain and the Rwandan genocide of 1994
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English
Published/Copyright:
2015
About this book
The ignorant bystander: Britain and the Rwandan genocide uses a case study of Britain’s response to the genocide to explore what factors motivate humanitarian intervention in overseas crises. The Rwandan genocide was one of the bloodiest events in the late twentieth century and the international community’s response has stimulated a great deal of interest and debate ever since. In this study, Dean White provides the most thorough review of Britain’s response to the crisis written to date. The research draws on previously unseen documents and interviews with ministers and senior diplomats, and examines issues such as how the decision to intervene was made by the British Government, how media coverage led to a significant misunderstanding of the crisis, and how Britain shaped debate at the UN Security Council. The book concludes by comparing the response to Rwanda, to Britain’s response to the recent crises in Syria and Libya.
Author / Editor information
Contributor: Dean White
Dean White is an independent scholar, who read for his PhD at Northumbria University. In 2013 he won the British International History Group thesis prize
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Front matter
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Dedication
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Contents
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Preface
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List of abbreviations
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Introduction
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1 History of the crisis
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2 The ignorant bystander?
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3 The indifferent bystander?
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4 The bystander who did too little, too late?
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5 The responsible bystander?
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Select bibliography
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Index
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eBook published on:
September 6, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9780719098239
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9780719098239
Keywords for this book
Rwanda; Peacekeeping; Humanitarian Intervention; UNAMIR; John Major; Douglas Hurd
Audience(s) for this book
For a non-specialist adult audience
