Enduring Lies: The Rwandan Genocide in the Propaganda System,

Enduring Lies: The Rwandan Genocide in the Propaganda System, 20 Years Later

The Rwandan genocide of 1994 has been called the â€œfastest, most efficient killing spree of the twentieth century. In 100 days, some 800,000 Tutsi and politically moderate Hutu were murdered. The United States did almost nothing to try to stop itâ€ (U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, writing in 2002). In their book, Enduring Lies: The Rwandan Genocide in the Propaganda System, 20 Year Later (The Real News Books), Edward S. Herman and David Peterson challenge these beliefs. With sections devoted to â€œThe â€˜Rwandan Genocideâ€™ by the Numbers,â€ the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Frontâ€™s October 1990 invasion of Rwanda from Uganda and Paul Kagameâ€™s ensuing 46-month war of conquest, the April 6, 1994 shoot-down of the Hutu President JuvÃ©nal Habyarimanaâ€™s jet on its return to Kigali, universally regarded as the event that triggered the mass bloodshed which followed, the mythical Hutu â€œconspiracy to commit genocideâ€ against the countryâ€™s minority Tutsi population, the Westâ€™s alleged â€œfailure to interveneâ€ to stop the killings, Kagame Powerâ€™s triumph in Rwanda and its spread to the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, with a death toll running in the millions, and to the pernicious role played by the U.S., U.K., and Canadian governments, as well as by the United Nations, human rights groups, the media and intellectuals in promulgating a false history of 1994 Rwanda, the authors cross-examine what they call the â€œstandard modelâ€ of the Rwandan genocide. â€œA brilliant dissection of the Western propaganda system on Rwanda,â€ writes Christopher Black, a Canadian attorney and the lead defense counsel before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Country USA
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Country	USA
Brand	CREATESPACE
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781500751111
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Enduring Lies: The Rwandan Genocide in the Propaganda System, 20 Years Later

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