The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda

by Scott Straus

Book Overview

The Rwandan genocide has become a touchstone for debates about the causes of mass violence and the responsibilities of the international community. Yet a number of key questions about this tragedy remain unanswered: How did the violence spread from community to community and so rapidly engulf the nation? Why did individuals make decisions that led them to take up machetes against their neighbors? And what was the logic that drove the campaign of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801474922
• ISBN13: 9780801474927
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher