Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey: Into the Heart of Rwanda - Hardcover

Keane, Fergal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670862053 ISBN 13: 9780670862054

Publisher: Viking, 1995

Synopsis

This is an account of the Rwandan genocide, in which more than one million people were killed between April and July of 1994. The author, shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, tells the story of a journey in which he narrowly escaped death at the hands of Hutu extremists and tracked down one of the most notorious mass murderers of the conflict. He examines how tens of thousands of ordinary Hutus were mobilized by their political leaders to massacre members of the Tutsi minority, as well as moderate Hutu politicians. Keane rejects the widely-held perception that Rwanda's slaughter was the simple consequence of tribal antagonisms. Instead he blames unscrupulous politicians for encouraging ethnic rivalry and planning a systematic campaign of genocide.

About this title

About the Author:

Fergal Keane is now the BBC's Asia correspondent.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0670862053
• ISBN 13: 9780670862054
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216