Annotated Bibliography
Livingston, S, Annan, K (Author), & Thompson, A. Ed). (2007). Limited vision: How both the American media and government failed Rwanda. The media and the Rwanda genocide (pp 188-197). Pluto Books. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/ In this scholarly article, the author specifically examines how the American media and government failed to intervene in Rwanda. The author also mentions the involvement of the American government in Somalia two years before the Rwanda genocide. The authors then examines the reason behind the American government involvement in Somalia and not in Rwanda. As the author states, the major reason the U.S. government got involved in Somalia was for pure political and media coverage. To make his final point, the author brings a compelling statistics about the news coverages in America between …show more content…
The report claims that the genocide was indeed preventable. The group of panelist in this paper were chosen by the Organization of African Unity. This paper starts by examining the effect of the precolonial period has on the tension created between the Hutu and Tutsi. Specifically, the article relates how the Belgians created hatred between the Hutus and Tutsis by making the Tutsi the superior ethnicity. Later in the paper, it is stated that the animosity possibly began because of the tension, and the Belgians had the power to stop it at the time and even after the signs of genocide started surfacing. In addition, the article also mentions that around 500,000-1,000,000 people were killed in the hundred days the genocide lasted. Lastly, the panelists add that the genocide was ordered by the ruling government at the time. I will use this source to discuss the objective assessment of the panelist as to why they believe the genocide could have been prevented. I will also use it to show one of the early signs of the genocide that happened in the precolonial
Livingston, S, Annan, K (Author), & Thompson, A. Ed). (2007). Limited vision: How both the American media and government failed Rwanda. The media and the Rwanda genocide (pp 188-197). Pluto Books. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/ In this scholarly article, the author specifically examines how the American media and government failed to intervene in Rwanda. The author also mentions the involvement of the American government in Somalia two years before the Rwanda genocide. The authors then examines the reason behind the American government involvement in Somalia and not in Rwanda. As the author states, the major reason the U.S. government got involved in Somalia was for pure political and media coverage. To make his final point, the author brings a compelling statistics about the news coverages in America between …show more content…
The report claims that the genocide was indeed preventable. The group of panelist in this paper were chosen by the Organization of African Unity. This paper starts by examining the effect of the precolonial period has on the tension created between the Hutu and Tutsi. Specifically, the article relates how the Belgians created hatred between the Hutus and Tutsis by making the Tutsi the superior ethnicity. Later in the paper, it is stated that the animosity possibly began because of the tension, and the Belgians had the power to stop it at the time and even after the signs of genocide started surfacing. In addition, the article also mentions that around 500,000-1,000,000 people were killed in the hundred days the genocide lasted. Lastly, the panelists add that the genocide was ordered by the ruling government at the time. I will use this source to discuss the objective assessment of the panelist as to why they believe the genocide could have been prevented. I will also use it to show one of the early signs of the genocide that happened in the precolonial