Ignorant Bystander? - Britain and the Rwandan Genocide of 1994

Informationen zum Autor Dean White is an independent scholar, who read for his PhD at Northumbria University. In 2013 he won the British International History Group thesis prize Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. History of the crisis2. The ignorant bystander?3. The indifferent bystander?4. The bystander who did too little, too late?5. The responsible bystander?Selected bibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: White Dean J., Dean White, Dean J. White, White Dean
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2015
• EAN: 9780719095238
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9523-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Relations, Rwanda, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing