In this Book

summary
In April 1994 Rwanda exploded in violence, with political, social, and economic divisions most visible along ethnic lines of the Hutu and Tutsi factions. The ensuing killings resulted in the deaths of as much as 20 percent of Rwanda's population. André Guichaoua, who was present as the genocide began, unfolds a complex story with multiple actors, including three major political parties that each encompassed a spectrum of positions, all reacting to and influencing a rapidly evolving situation. Economic polarities, famine-fueled privation, clientelism, corruption, north-south rivalries, and events in the neighboring nations of Burundi and Uganda all deepened ethnic tensions, allowing extremists to prevail over moderates.

Guichaoua draws on years of meticulous research to describe and analyze this history. He emphasizes that the same virulent controversies that fueled the conflict have often influenced judicial, political, and diplomatic responses to it, reproducing the partisan cleavages between the former belligerents and implicating state actors, international institutions, academics, and the media. Guichaoua insists upon the imperative of absolute intellectual independence in pursuing the truth about some of the gravest human rights violations of the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

restricted access Download Full Book
  1. Cover
  2. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Contents
  2. pp. xi-xii
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Foreword
  2. Scott Straus
  3. pp. xii-xiii
  4. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Preface to the English Edition
  2. pp. xix-xxii
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Preface to the Original Edition
  2. pp. xxii-xxx
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xxxi-xxxix
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Abbreviations
  2. pp. xxxiii-xxxix
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chronology
  2. pp. xxxix-lx
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 1. The Social and Political Context
  2. pp. 1-20
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 2. The Refugee Question and the RPF’s Choice of Armed Struggle
  2. pp. 21-36
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 3. A Necessary Political Transition
  2. pp. 37-59
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 4. The Arusha Negotiations and the Reconfiguration of Political Forces
  2. pp. 60-89
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 5. Unspoken Terms in the Arusha Peace Accords and Obstructions in the Political Transition
  2. pp. 90-122
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 6. Competition for Control of the Militias
  2. pp. 123-140
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 7. The Downing of the Presidential Plane on 6 April 1994 and the Military Crisis Committee
  2. pp. 141-171
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 8. The Civilian Alternative
  2. pp. 172-189
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 9. Installing the Interim Authorities
  2. pp. 190-211
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 10. From Massacres to Genocide
  2. pp. 212-238
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 11. The Interim Government at the Center of Power
  2. pp. 239-264
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 12. War and the Fight for Supremacy
  2. pp. 265-290
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. 13. Truth, Justice, and the Politics of Memory
  2. pp. 291-329
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Conclusion
  2. pp. 330-335
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Updates for the Period 2010–2015
  2. pp. 336-348
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Appendix: Box 5
  2. pp. 349-352
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. List of Boxes
  2. pp. 353-354
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. List of Annexes
  2. pp. 355-362
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Notes
  2. pp. 363-404
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Glossary
  2. pp. 405-408
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Index of Names
  2. pp. 409-416
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
Back To Top

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Without cookies your experience may not be seamless.