The limits of humanitarian intervention genocide in Rwanda

Abstract

The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention makes three important contributions. First, the book corrects much conventional wisdom that he Rwanda genocide would have been easy to stop. Second, the book demonstrates how the tools of basic military campaign analysis can be turned to new problems, such as humanitarian military intervention. Third, the book draws useful lessons for future diplomatic and military policies to prevent civil conflict from degenerating into mass killing, and for military intervention to have a better chance of success in the event that such killing, has already begun.