Never Again? - The United States Prevention Punishment of Genocide Since Holocaust

Peter Ronayne's Never Again? provides the reader with a provocative and comprehensive first look at American foreign policy as it relates to the prevention and punishment of genocide since the Holocaust. In the aftermath of World War II the United States and the world pledged to 'never again' allow genocidal atrocities. Never Again? reveals that too often this bold promise has been a failed promise. The book chronicles how the United States has repeatedly missed opportunities or 'ethical leadership moments' to stand up for human rights and save hundreds of thousands of lives when faced with genocide in Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda. At the same time, Ronayne explores how the U.S. has taken important action to bring about justice in the aftermath of genocidal crimes, despite its initial reluctance to even ratify the Genocide Convention. From this dual record of striking failures and important accomplishments emerge provocative questions about the United States' leadership on the world stage, global ethics and morality, and America's commitment to genocide prevention and punishment in the 21st century.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Introduction: The United States in an Age of Genocide
Chapter 3 An Unconventional Debate: The United States and the Genocide Convention
Chapter 4 The United States and the Cambodian Tragedy
Chapter 5 The United States and Genocide in Bosnia
Chapter 6 Eyes Wide Shut: The United States and the Rwanda Genocide
Chapter 7 Conclusion: "Thus Can We Make It"
Chapter 8 Appendix
Chapter 9 Index

About the author

Peter Ronayne

Summary

Never Again? explores the uneasy U.S. relationship to the U.N. Genocide Convention and posits an analysis of U.S. response to genocide past and forthcoming: nonintervention followed by post-genocide justice.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Ronayne, Ronayne Peter, Joel H. Ronayne Rosenthal
• Assisted by: Joel H. Rosenthal (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2001
• EAN: 9780742509221
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-0922-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Bosnia-Herzegovina, International Relations, 21st Century, Cambodia, Rwanda, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United States of America, USA, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing