| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 162 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-156) and index. |
| Summary |
In 1994 genocide in Rwanda claimed the lives of at least 500,000 Tutsi-some three-quarters of their population-while UN peacekeepers were withdrawn and the rest of the world stood aside. Ever since, it has been argued that a small military intervention could have prevented most of the killing. In The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention, Alan J. Kuperman exposes such conventional wisdom as myth. Combining unprecedented analyses of the genocide's progression and the logistical limitations of humanitarian military intervention, Kuperman reaches a startling conclusion: even if Western leaders had ordered an intervention as soon as they became aware of a nationwide genocide in Rwanda, the intervention forces would have arrived too late to save more than a quarter of the 500,000 Tutsi ultimately killed. Serving as a cautionary message about the limits of humanitarian intervention, the book's concluding chapters address lessons for the future. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United Nations Rwanda.
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United Nations Rwanda. |
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United Nations. |
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Nations Unies. |
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Nations Unies -- Rwanda. |
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Rwandan Civil War (Rwanda : 1994) |
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Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Atrocities.
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Genocide -- Rwanda -- History -- 20th century.
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Genocide. |
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Rwanda. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Rwanda -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
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Tutsi (African people) -- Crimes against -- Rwanda -- History -- 20th century.
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Tutsi (African people) -- Crimes against. |
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Hutu (African people) -- Rwanda -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Hutu (African people) |
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Politics and government. |
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Humanitarian intervention -- Rwanda -- History -- 20th century.
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Humanitarian intervention. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kuperman, Alan J. Limits of humanitarian intervention. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2001 0815700865 0815700857 (DLC) 2001000441 (OCoLC)45841472 |
| ISBN |
0815798776 (electronic book) |
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9780815798774 (electronic book) |
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0815700865 (alkaline paper) |
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9780815700869 (alkaline paper) |
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0815700857 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780815700852 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Music No. |
EB00642078 Recorded Books |
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