5 million people died in the Congo wars, yet until recently I'd never heard of these 'great wars' of Africa. As promised when I was recommended this book, Stearns sets out the complexities and refuses to reach for a simple answer. The research, interviews and sources are meticulous. Like many ...
Opponents of the current regime and some academics insist that the RPF rebels shot it down, while the RPF and other regional experts maintain that it was extremists within the Habyarimana government.2 Scott Straus, “How Many Perpetrators Were There in the Rwandan Genocide?” Journal of Genocide Re...