In this Book
- The ignorant bystander?: Britain and the Rwandan genocide of 1994
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: Manchester University Press
summary
The ignorant bystander: Britain and the Rwandan genocide uses a case study of Britain’s response to the genocide to explore what factors motivate humanitarian intervention in overseas crises. The Rwandan genocide was one of the bloodiest events in the late twentieth century and the international community’s response has stimulated a great deal of interest and debate ever since. In this study, Dean White provides the most thorough review of Britain’s response to the crisis written to date. The research draws on previously unseen documents and interviews with ministers and senior diplomats, and examines issues such as how the decision to intervene was made by the British Government, how media coverage led to a significant misunderstanding of the crisis, and how Britain shaped debate at the UN Security Council. The book concludes by comparing the response to Rwanda, to Britain’s response to the recent crises in Syria and Libya.
Table of Contents
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- Abbreviations
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-23
- 1. History of the crisis
- pp. 24-37
- 2. The ignorant bystander?
- pp. 38-70
- 3. The indifferent bystander?
- pp. 71-105
- 5. The responsible bystander?
- pp. 140-160
- Select bibliography
- pp. 161-169
Additional Information
ISBN
9780719098239
Related ISBN(s)
9780719095238, 9780719098222, 9781526107473
MARC Record
OCLC
980850726
Pages
192
Launched on MUSE
2017-04-07
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2015