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The Rhetoric of Genocide in US Foreign Policy: Rwanda and the Sudan Compared.

Authors :
Heinze, Eric A.
Source :
Conference Papers -- Southern Political Science Association. 2006 Annual Meeting, p1-32. 33p.
Publication Year :
2006

Abstract

The article compares the rhetoric of genocide in U.S. foreign policy in Rwanda and Darfur, Sudan. It is noted that one of the great moral and political failures of U.S. foreign policy is the lack of response to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, and the administration of former U.S. President Bill Clinton consciously avoided referring to the situation as genocide. The author claims, however, that the dealing of U.S. President George W. Bush's administration with the tragedy in Darfur belies the approach of the Clinton administration in Rwanda.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Conference Papers -- Southern Political Science Association
Publication Type :
Conference
Accession number :
27212461