03433nam 2200589 a 450 991081020780332120200520144314.00-8157-9877-6(CKB)111087027970390(OCoLC)70740155(CaPaEBR)ebrary10026263(SSID)ssj0000192512(PQKBManifestationID)11190061(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192512(PQKBWorkID)10197226(PQKB)11402167(MiAaPQ)EBC3004331(EXLCZ)9911108702797039020010119d2001 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe limits of humanitarian intervention genocide in Rwanda /Alan J. Kuperman1st ed.Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20011 online resource (xii, 162 pages) illustrations, mapsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8157-0086-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-156) and index.The common wisdom -- Roots of the Rwandan tragedy -- Mechanics of the genocide -- When did we know? -- The military scene -- Transporting intervention forces -- Plausible interventions -- Contending claims -- Early warning and preventive intervention -- Lessons -- Appendixes -- A model of the genocide's progression -- Airlift in some previous U.S. military interventions -- Theater airfield capacity based on operation support hope.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claimed the lives of at least 500,000 Tutsi -- some three-quarters of their population -- while UN peacekeepers were withdrawn and the rest of the world stood aside.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.GenocideRwandaHistory20th centuryTutsi (African people)Crimes againstRwandaHistory20th centuryHutu (African people)RwandaPolitics and government20th centuryHumanitarian interventionRwandaHistory20th centuryRwandaHistoryCivil War, 1994AtrocitiesRwandaEthnic relationsGenocideHistoryTutsi (African people)Crimes againstHistoryHutu (African people)Politics and governmentHumanitarian interventionHistory967.57104Kuperman Alan J475951MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810207803321The limits of humanitarian intervention4200229UNINA