Silent Accomplice: The Untold Story of France's Role in the Rwandan Genocide

FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED The massacre of 1 million Rwandan Tutsis by ethnic Hutus in 1994 has become a symbol of the international community's helplessness in the face of human rights atrocities. It is assumed that the West was well-intentioned, but ultimately ineffectual. But as Andrew Wallis reveals in this shocking book, one country - France - was secretly providing military, financial and diplomatic support to the genocidaires all along. Based on new interviews with key players and eye-witnesses, and previously unreleased documents, Walliss' book tells a story which many have suspected, but never seen set out before. France, Wallis discovers, was keen to defend its influence in Africa, even if it meant complicity in genocide, for as French President Francois Mitterrand once said: "in countries like that, genocide is not so important". Wallis's riveting expose of the French role in one of the darkest chapters of human history will provoke furious debate, denials, and outrage.

Author: Andrew Wallis
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: 03/30/2014
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781780767727
ISBN10: 1780767722
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | International Relations | General
- Political Science | Political Freedom

About the Author
Andrew Wallis is a journalist and researcher who specialises in Central and East Africa.