Bibliography of the Rwandan Genocide

Bibliography of the Rwandan Genocide

This is a bibliography for books and articles on the personal and general accounts, and the accountabilities, of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.

Personal Accounts

* (2000). By John M. Janzen and Reinhild Kauenhoven Janzen.
* (2003). An account by Michael N. Barnett, a political officer at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations during the genocide and constructivist scholar, analyzing the international community's response during the Rwandan genocide.
* (1999). This account is an amalgam of authorships, by the editors John A. Berry and Carol Pott Berry. It is a broad look at the cultural dynamics before and after the Rwandan Genocide. The editors of the contributions were residents in Rwanda before the genocide and left with the evacuation of foreign natuionals, and the book is the result of their visits to the country in the aftermath.
*Justice on the Grass (2005). An account of the Rwandan Genocide by the author Dina Temple-Raston. This book focuses on the trials of three Hutu broadcasters of anti-Tutsi sentiment. It queries whether they are as guilty as the perpetrators of the violence.
* [http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/ Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda] (1999). A collection of primary and secondary accounts and analysis of the Rwandan genocide.
* [http://www.lefttotell.com/ Left to Tell: One Woman's Story of Surving the Rwandan Holocaust] (2006). An account of the Rwandan Genocide by the author Immaculee Ilibagiza. She was a Tutsi whose family were murdered when the Hutu nationalists ran riot throughout the country killing men, women, the elderly, and children. This book tells her story.
* (2007). A collection of accounts in the same general region. Compiled by Jean Hatzfeld.
* [http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/ghistory/hatzfj1.htm Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak] (2006). An account of the Rwandan Genocide by the author Hatzfeld. She is a journalist. This book looks at the killers themselves, and features testimonies of ten men, now in prison, with the attempt to understand their state of mind, and the forces behind the atrocities.
* An Ordinary Man (2006). An account of the Rwandan Genocide by the author Paul Rusesabagina. He was a Hutu owner of a hotel in Kigali, and his conscience lead him to shelter a number of people under threat of death by the militias. This book tells his story. It is the basis for the film Hotel Rwanda.
*The Shallow Graves of Rwanda (2001). An account by the author Shaharyan M. Khan. He writes this book from the point of view of a special UN representative. It chronicles the struggle for national reconicilliation and the role of the UN in the aftermath.
* Shake Hands with the Devil (2003). An account of the Rwandan Genocide by the author Romeo Dallaire. He was the commander of the United Nation Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR), who did not leave the country when the massacres began, and kept the media in touch with the situation. This book tells his story. It is the basis of two films of the same name, a documentary and a docudrama.
* (2004). An account by sociologist Marie Beatrice Umutesi, a Hutu often mistaken for a Tutsi, who was forced to flee into then-Zaire during the Rwandan Genocide.
*We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families (1998). An account of the Rwandan Genocide by the author Philip Gourevitch. He is a journalist. Events, and causes, in Rwanda throughout the genocide, and in the aftermath, with interviews of Tutsis and Hutus, are the subject of this book.

Analysis

* (2004). An account by the author Nigel Eltringham. This book looks at the events with a critical view of the United Nations, and the international community. It provides a provocative historical slant on the atrocities, and challenges the reader, by the assessment of social interelationships.
* (2002). Examines the social dynamics through Rwandan history, leading up to the Rwandan genocide.
*Collapse - How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2005). A study of numerous "disappeared" societies by author Jared Diamond. Includes an examination (with references) of Rwandan society and land distribution immediately before and after the genocide.
* (1996). By Peter Uvin.
* (2000). An analysis of the legal proceedings of the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide.
*Media and the Rwanda genocide (2007). An analysis of the role print, radio and television media played in the carrying out of and the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide. Edited by Allan Thompson
*The Order of Genocide A scholarly investigation of the Rwandan Genocide in the context of genocide studies and conflict resolution. By Scott Straus.
* (2000). An analysis of the international community's response to the Rwandan Genocide.
* (2002). An investigation of local dynamics in Rwanda during and after the Rwandan Genocide.
*The Role of France in the Rwandan genocide (2007). An analysis of France's relationship with Rwanda leading up to and during the Rwandan Genocide. By Daniela Kroslak.
* (2005). An analysis of the role of the international court in legal proceedings resulting from the Rwandan Genocide.
* (1999). An analysis of the Rwandan Genocide in the context of cultural dynamics.
* (2002). An analysis of the social dynamics in Rwanda leading up to the genocide.

Comparative Studies

* (2005). By Mohamed C. Othman.
* (2006). By Lucian Niemeyer; foreword by Bill Richardson.
* (2006). Edited by Susan E. Cook.
* (2002). By Christian P. Scherrer ; foreword by Robert Melson.
* (2002). Edited by Helmut Walser Smith.

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