Linda Melvern Livres

Presents a gripping account of the Rwandan genocide, one of the most appalling events of the twentieth century. This indictment of almost all the key figures and institutions involved amounts to a catalogue of failures that only serves to sharpen the horror of a tragedy that could have been avoided.

For five years, Linda Melvern has worked on the story of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. In this book, she demonstrates how the great powers ignored signs of the coming catastrophe, refused to recognize the genocide when it began, and ignored obligations under the international genocide convention.