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Author Leader, Joyce E., author.

Title From hope to horror : diplomacy and the making of the Rwanda genocide / Joyce E. Leader ; foreword by Pauline H. Baker.

Publication Info. [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint University of Nebraska Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 383 pages).
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Series ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series
ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part 1. Rwanda's Struggle for Democracy and Peace, 1991-1994 -- Political Liberalization Takes Off -- War Intrudes -- Rights Abuses and Violence Sow Fear -- Opposition Parties Join a Coalition Government -- Peace Talks Begin and Cease-Fire Takes Hold -- Democratization Flounders -- Turning Point: Adversaries in Kigali and Arusha Tackle Power Sharing -- Violence Stalks Democratization and Prospects for Peace -- The January from Hell: Diplomacy at a Crossroads -- Diplomats Undertake a Fact-Finding Mission -- War Resumes -- A Second Chance for Peace -- Assignment-Arusha Observer: The Setting -- Assignment-Arusha Observer: The Negotiations -- The Denouement: Arusha Peace Accords Signed -- Preparing to Implement the Arusha Accords -- Violence Plagues Implementation -- Implementation Stalls -- The Exodus -- Return to Rwanda -- Part 2. Why Diplomacy Failed to Prevent Mass Atrocities and Genocide -- Diplomatic Challenges We Failed to Anticipate -- Making Conflict Prevention a Foreign Policy and Diplomatic Priority -- Fixes for the Future from Failures of the Past -- Conclusion: Changing the Paradigm
Summary "Former ambassador Joyce Leader was DCM in Kigali from 1991 until the genocide erupted in 1994 and is a recognized authority on the failed diplomatic efforts to avert the tragedy"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Democracy -- Rwanda -- History -- 20th century.
Democracy.
Rwanda.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Genocide -- Rwanda -- History -- 20th century.
Genocide.
Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Causes.
Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Diplomatic history.
Rwanda -- Politics and government -- 1962-1994.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1962-1994
Subject Rwanda -- Ethnic relations -- History.
Ethnic relations.
Rwandan Civil War (Rwanda : 1994)
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
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