
Mobilizing the Will to Intervene
Leadership to Prevent Mass Atrocities
McGill-Queen's University Press
Published on 1. October 2010
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-0-7735-3803-0 (ISBN)
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Description
Despite the handwringing and promises of "never again," the grim recurrences of genocide and crimes against humanity around the world have made it emphatically clear that the international community has been largely ineffective in stopping mass atrocity crimes. Drawing on candid interviews with eighty key figures involved in American and Canadian responses to the Rwandan genocide of 1994 and the Kosovo crisis of 1999, Mobilizing the Will to Intervene explains why and provides a roadmap for change.
Reviews / Votes
"Mobilizing the Will to Intervene [...] challenges government to think big, for once." The Toronto Star "These people deserve our attention when they talk about genocide. Although perhaps tilting more liberal than conservative in their outlook, they are not mushy-headed idealists obsessed with soft power. They know that in a brutal world it is often necessa "It is the kind of book that can change the world." Montreal Review of BooksMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-3803-0 (9780773538030)
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Frank Chalk | Lgen Romeo Dallaire | Kyle Matthews
Mobilizing the Will to Intervene
Leadership to Prevent Mass Atrocities
Book
10/2010
McGill-Queen's University Press
€31.00
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Frank Chalk | Kyle Matthews | Carla Barqueiro
Mobilizing the Will to Intervene
Leadership to Prevent Mass Atrocities
E-Book
05/2014
1st Edition
McGill-Queen's University Press
€18.49
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Persons
Frank Chalk is professor of history and director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Con-cordia University. LGen Romeo Dallaire (Ret'd) commanded the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda in 1994 and was appointed to