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1 online resource (xviii, 322 pages, 8 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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text file PDF |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; CONTENTS; PLATES, MAPS AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION: The "New" Rwanda; Genocide; Surviving Genocide, Becoming Rwandan; The Realities of Rural Life, the Promise of Kigali; A Precarious Peace; PART I. Genocide, and its Causes and Consequences; 1. GENOCIDE: Power Politics, not Ethnic Hatred; The RPF's Strategic Choices; A Country of Killers?; A Country in Ruin; Emotional and Physical Scars; Rewriting History; 2. THE ROOTS OF THE GENOCIDAL STATE; Tutsi Rule as Natural; The Social Revolution (1957-62). |
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Waves of Persecution (1959-73); Habyarimana Promises Peace and Development for All; 3. REFUGEE REBELS: Preparing for Civil War; Preparing for a Liberation War (1988-90); The RPF Invades from Uganda (1990); The Arusha Peace Accords (1990-93); A Military Solution? (1993-94); PART II Transitioning to Peace?; 4. A SEMBLANCE OF NORMALITY; The Transitional Government of National Unity; Human Rights Abuses; The Kibeho Massacre; Concentrating Power; 5. SECURING PEOPLE AND PLACE; Forced Repatriation of Refugees; Settling In; Uprooting the Rural Poor; Quelling the Insurgency. |
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6. CONTROL AT HOME AND ABROAD; Sparking Development; Justice or Revenge?; 7. MILITARIZED DEMOCRACY; Consensual Democracy; Coopting Critics; An Undemocratic Ascension; Stylized Democracy; PART III. Setting Up for Success; 8. STATE, PARTY, FAMILY; Becoming Modern; Leveraging the State; Class Status; The Family; Loyalty First; Weeding Out Deniers; 9. GOOD CITIZENS; Unity as Conformity; Managing Threats; 10. CONFORMITY OR ELSE; Surveillance Society; Women Pave the Way?; Unmasking Ethnic Politics; Managing Hutu; PART IV. The Fruits of Liberation; 11. RULES, RULES AND MORE RULES; Rwanda Incorporated? |
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Dignity for Whom?; 12. FRIENDS ONLY; No Longer With Us; Commemoration for Outsiders; Honoring Tutsi Lives; Tightening the Noose; EPILOGUE: The Politics of "Never Again"; Destiny Defined; Kagame Knows Best; President for Life?; NOTES; GLOSSARY; INDEX. |
| Summary |
A sobering study of the troubled African nation, both pre- and post-genocide, and its uncertain future The brutal civil war between Hutu and Tutsi factions in Rwanda ended in 1994 when the Rwandan Patriotic Front came to power and embarked on an ambitious social, political, and economic project to remake the devastated central-east African nation. Susan Thomson, who witnessed the hostilities firsthand, has written a provocative modern history of the country, its rulers, and its people, covering the years prior to, during, and following the genocidal conflict. Thomson's hard-hitting analysis explores the key political events that led to the ascendance of the Rwandan Patriotic Front and its leader, President Paul Kagame. This important and controversial study examines the country's transition from war to reconciliation from the perspective of ordinary Rwandan citizens, Tutsi and Hutu alike, and raises serious questions about the stability of the current peace, the methods and motivations of the ruling regime and its troubling ties to the past, and the likelihood of a genocide-free future. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Rwanda -- History -- 20th century.
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Rwanda. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Genocide -- Rwanda -- History -- 20th century.
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Genocide. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thomson, Susan. Rwanda : from genocide to precarious peace. New Haven, [Connecticut] ; London, [England] : Yale University Press, ©2018 xviii. 322 pages 9780300197396 |
| ISBN |
9780300235913 (electronic book) |
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0300235917 (electronic book) |
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030019739X |
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9780300197396 |
| Standard No. |
YBP15041847 |
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10.12987/9780300235913 |
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