Following thirty years of research, including research into recently declassified government archives, this newly revised and expanded edition of Linda Melvern's classic of investigative journalism reveals how policymakers continue to refuse to properly acknowledge their responsibilities under international law. The new edition includes copious new material reckoning with the information that came to light during the 2022 trial of Félicien Kabuga, the alleged financier of the genocide. This new evidence feeds not only into a revised chronology and a wholly new section on the build-up to the genocide, but also into a new appendix that lists the six major genocide memorial sites in Rwanda along with now-incontrovertible details of the massacres that occurred there.Throughout it all, Melvern reveals in unmatched detail the scale, speed, and intensity of the unfolding genocide, and she exposes the Western governments and individuals who could have prevented what was happening if only they had chosen to act. What emerges is a shocking indictment of how Rwanda was ignored in 1994 and of how it is misremembered in the West today-an indictment that renders all the more poignant Melvern's accounts of the unrecognised heroism of those who stayed on during the violence, from volunteer peacekeepers to NGO workers.

MapsIntroduction to the 2024 editionIntroduction to the 2019 edition1. Genocide, April 19942. The Past is Prologue: Rwanda 1894-19733. The Rwandan Patriotic Front4. Akazu: The Oligarchy Ruling Rwanda5. Peace in Rwanda? The Arusha Accords6. Preparing the Genocide7. The Hate Radio: Radio-Télévision Libre des Mille Collines8. New World Order and High Hopes for a UN Success9. Peacekeepers: The UN Arrives10. Peacekeepers in Trouble: February-April 199411. The UN Security Council: 5 April 199412. Four Days in Kigali: 6-9 April 199413. The Genocide Exposed14. The Secret Meanings of the Security Council15. Genocide Spreads16. The World Shuts the Door17. For Valour18. Starting from Zero: 18 July 199419. The Genocide ConventionChronologyAppendixGenocide Convention, 1948