{"product_id":"the-order-of-genocide-race-power-and-war-in-rwanda-hardback-9780801444487","title":"The Order of Genocide; Race, Power, and War in Rwanda (Hardback) 9780801444487","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Order of Genocide\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRace, Power, and War in Rwanda\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eScott Straus (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801444487\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Order of Genocide\u003c\/i\u003e will be an enduring contribution to our understanding of the Rwandan genocide as well as to theories of ethnic violence and genocides more generally. Although his methods and findings will certainly interest scholars of genocides, violent conflicts, and African area studies, Straus does not obscure his work in specialist language.\u003c\/p\u003e (Nations and Nationalism) \u003cp\u003eScott Straus ranks among the finest of the scholars writing in genocide studies. \u003ci\u003eThe Order of Genocide\u003c\/i\u003e is fair-minded, important, and rigorous. Drawing on more than two hundred interviews that he conducted with convicted Rwandan killers, and on many other sources, Straus builds a dynamic process model seeking to explain why and how ordinary people could be mobilized to murder their neighbors in the Rwandan genocide.\u003c\/p\u003e (African Studies Review) \u003cp\u003eStraus examines the 1994 Rwandan genocide through a social science lens... and his approach yields interesting new insights.... Particularly compelling is his comparison of killers in Rwanda with those of the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e (Foreign Affairs) \u003cp\u003eStraus shows tenacity and courage in explaining the unthinkable—how otherwise ordinary people could imagine, conceive, and carry out genocide.\u003c\/p\u003e (Genocide Studies and Prevention) \u003cp\u003eStraus's study is comprehensive, thorough, and cogently and carefully argued. It is altogether an impressive work that is compulsory for specialists and invaluable for students. Straus is a former journalist and his writing is a model of clarity and economy.\u003c\/p\u003e (Perspectives on Politics) \u003cp\u003eStraus's writing is lucid, the structure of the book is well thought out, and jargon is avoided, making \u003ci\u003eThe Order of Genocide\u003c\/i\u003e accessible to anyone interested in the subject. A must-read for those interested in politics and violence.\u003c\/p\u003e (Journal of Peace Research)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Rwandan genocide has become a touchstone for debates about the causes of mass violence and the responsibilities of the international community. Yet a number of key questions about this tragedy remain unanswered: How did the violence spread from community to community and so rapidly engulf the nation? Why did individuals make decisions that led them to take up machetes against their neighbors? And what was the logic that drove the campaign of extermination?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccording to Scott Straus, a social scientist and former journalist in East Africa for several years (who received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for his reporting for the \u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e), many of the widely held beliefs about the causes and course of genocide in Rwanda are incomplete. They focus largely on the actions of the ruling elite or the inaction of the international community. Considerably less is known about how and why elite decisions became widespread exterminatory violence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenging the prevailing wisdom, Straus provides substantial new evidence about local patterns of violence, using original research—including the most comprehensive surveys yet undertaken among convicted perpetrators—to assess competing theories about the causes and dynamics of the genocide. Current interpretations stress three main causes for the genocide: ethnic identity, ideology, and mass-media indoctrination (in particular the influence of hate radio). Straus's research does not deny the importance of ethnicity, but he finds that it operated more as a background condition. Instead, Straus emphasizes fear and intra-ethnic intimidation as the primary drivers of the violence. A defensive civil war and the assassination of a president created a feeling of acute insecurity. Rwanda's unusually effective state was also central, as was the country's geography and population density, which limited the number of exit options for both victims and perpetrators.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn conclusion, Straus steps back from the particulars of the Rwandan genocide to offer a new, dynamic model for understanding other instances of genocide in recent history—the Holocaust, Armenia, Cambodia, the Balkans—and assessing the future likelihood of such events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Background to the Genocide\u003cbr\u003e 2. Genocide at the National and Regional Levels\u003cbr\u003e 3. Local Dynamics\u003cbr\u003e 4. The \u003ci\u003eGénocidaires\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Why Perpetrators Say They Committed Genocide\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Logic of Genocide\u003cbr\u003e 7. Historical Patterns of Violence\u003cbr\u003e 8. Rwanda's Leviathan\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003ci\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739997237528,"sku":"9780801444487","price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-order-of-genocide-race-power-and-war-in-rwanda-hardback-9780801444487","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}