Genocide & ethnic cleansing

Humanitarian aid, genocide and mass killings

Médecins Sans Frontières, the Rwandan experience, 1982–97

Jean-Hervé Bradol. Series edited by Bertrand Taithe

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Throughout the 1990s, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to face the challenges posed by the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis and a succession of outbreaks of political violence in Rwanda and its neighbouring countries. Humanitarian workers were confronted with the execution of almost one million people, tens of thousands of casualties pouring into health centres, the flight of millions of people who had sought refuge in camps and a series of deadly epidemics. Drawing on various hitherto unpublished private and public archives, this book recounts the experiences of the MSF teams working in the field. It is intended for humanitarian aid practitioners, students, journalists and researchers with an interest in genocide and humanitarian studies and the political sociology of international organisations.

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Author Biography

Jean-Hervé Bradol is Director of Studies at the Centre de réflexion sur l'action et les savoirs humanitaires, Fondation Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris. Marc Le Pape is Associate Researcher at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Université Paris 1, and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Centre de réflexion sur l'action et les savoirs humanitaires. Bertrand Taithe is Professor of Cultural History at The University of Manchester

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Manchester University Press
  • Publication Date January 2017
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9781784993054 / 1784993050
  • Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
  • FormatHardback
  • Primary Price 70 GBP
  • Pages184
  • ReadershipCollege/Tertiary Education
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Dimensions234 x 156 mm
  • Illustration12 maps
  • Biblio NotesIntroduction: through the eyes of field teams' members 1. From the persecution of Kinyarwanda speakers in Uganda to the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis 2. Rwandan refugee camps in Tanzania and Zaire, 1994-5 3. The new Rwanda 4. Refugees on the run in war-torn Zaire, 1996-7 Epilogue: the effectiveness of aid in the face of repeated mass atrocities Index
  • SeriesHumanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches

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