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KaneED · 22 May 2006, 03:21

I've been reaidng loads of books recently because its exam season.

One book that I want to read after my exams is A People Betrayed by Linda Melvern which is about the Rwandan genocide. Its something I'm very interested in, mainly because of the dynamics whereby we refused to act despite knowing it was going to happen, then was happening and refusing to name it a genocide, then knowing it was genocide but refusing to name it as such and thus avoiding the legal obligation to act. All because 18 soldiers got shot for going beyond their remit in Somalia.

beyond that I ahve no plans to read anything.

22 May 2006, 03:21	#10
KaneED Motherfracker Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 2,985	Re: We haven't had a book thread in a while I've been reaidng loads of books recently because its exam season. One book that I want to read after my exams is A People Betrayed by Linda Melvern which is about the Rwandan genocide. Its something I'm very interested in, mainly because of the dynamics whereby we refused to act despite knowing it was going to happen, then was happening and refusing to name it a genocide, then knowing it was genocide but refusing to name it as such and thus avoiding the legal obligation to act. All because 18 soldiers got shot for going beyond their remit in Somalia. beyond that I ahve no plans to read anything.