Description
Conspiracy to Murder is a gripping account of the Rwandan genocide, one of the most appalling events of the twentieth century. Linda Melvern's damning indictment of almost all the key figures and institutions involved amounts to a catalogue of failures that only serves to sharpen the horror of a tragedy that could have been avoided.
Voted the Best Book on Africa by Foreign Affairs and Outstanding Academic Title in 2004 by Choice
About the Author
Linda Melvern is a British investigative journalist. For several years she worked for The Sunday Times (UK), and was recruited from the newsroom to join the investigative Insight Team. Since leaving newspapers she has written six books of non-fiction and has published in the British press and academic journals. For twenty-five years she has research and written extensively about the circumstances of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. A consultant to the Military One prosecution team at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, part of her archive of documents was used to show the planning, the financing and progress of the crime. She is the author of A People Betrayed: The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide, and Conspiracy to Murder.
Reviews
The definitive account of the origins of the [Rwandan] tragedy... Essential. Accessible to all readers. * Choice *
The best overall account of the background to the genocide, and the failure to prevent it. -- General Romeo Dallaire
A frank condemnation of the world's broken promise to 'never again' allow genocide to happen. * UN Chronicle *
A devastating account of the West's failure to act. -- Magnus Linklater
An epic and shaming story of culpability and missed opportunities ... in the finest traditions of investigative journalism. -- John Pilger
A meticulous reconstruction of how the genocide happened. * New Internationalist *
Melvern's Book is outstanding ... Her research has been exhaustive and the clarity of her chronology is the most dfamning of all indictments against those who looked the other way in the years leading up to 1994. -- Robert Kirby * Mail & Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9781844675425
Author Linda Melvern
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 426g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 30mm
Voted the Best Book on Africa by Foreign Affairs and Outstanding Academic Title in 2004 by Choice
About the Author
Linda Melvern is a British investigative journalist. For several years she worked for The Sunday Times (UK), and was recruited from the newsroom to join the investigative Insight Team. Since leaving newspapers she has written six books of non-fiction and has published in the British press and academic journals. For twenty-five years she has research and written extensively about the circumstances of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. A consultant to the Military One prosecution team at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, part of her archive of documents was used to show the planning, the financing and progress of the crime. She is the author of A People Betrayed: The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide, and Conspiracy to Murder.
Reviews
The definitive account of the origins of the [Rwandan] tragedy... Essential. Accessible to all readers. * Choice *
The best overall account of the background to the genocide, and the failure to prevent it. -- General Romeo Dallaire
A frank condemnation of the world's broken promise to 'never again' allow genocide to happen. * UN Chronicle *
A devastating account of the West's failure to act. -- Magnus Linklater
An epic and shaming story of culpability and missed opportunities ... in the finest traditions of investigative journalism. -- John Pilger
A meticulous reconstruction of how the genocide happened. * New Internationalist *
Melvern's Book is outstanding ... Her research has been exhaustive and the clarity of her chronology is the most dfamning of all indictments against those who looked the other way in the years leading up to 1994. -- Robert Kirby * Mail & Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9781844675425
Author Linda Melvern
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 426g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 30mm
