The limits of humanitarian intervention : genocide in Rwanda / / Alan J. Kuperman

• Autore: Kuperman Alan J.
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : Brookings Institution Press, , [2001]; ©2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 162 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 967.57104
• Soggetto topico: Rwanda - History - Civil War, 1994 - Atrocities; HISTORY; Africa / General; Genocide - History - 20th century - Rwanda; Rwandan Genocide, Rwanda, 1994; Tutsi (African people) - Crimes against - History - 20th century - Rwanda; Hutu (African people) - Politics and government - 20th century - Rwanda; Humanitarian intervention - History - 20th Century - Rwanda; Regions & Countries - Africa; History & Archaeology
• Soggetto geografico: Rwanda Ethnic relations
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-156) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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claimed the lives of at least 500,000 Tutsi -- some three-quarters of their population -- while UN peacekeepers were withdrawn and the rest of the world stood aside.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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Limits of humanitarian intervention
• ISBN: 0-8157-9877-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780225203321
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