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This monograph analyzes the military operation of Rwanda in order to determine if the United Nations and or the United States ignored the atrocities and or genocide in Rwanda. This operation was viewed from the positions of the United Nations, National Command Authorities, and the United States military and the linkage to include the impact they had on each other. The criteria of UN Resolution 260 A (III) are which authorized the commitment of military forces as well as NGO/PVO will be used to assess UN/US actions. American newspapers also assist with the analysis of what role the UN, US and the US military played in the decisions surrounding the Rwanda mission. The second criteria is the instruments of national power, and their impact on the commitment to Rwanda. These newspapers will shed light on the position(s) of the UN Security Council and the US. Congressional testimony, Army after Actions Review, journal articles, and books allow the viewpoint of the leaders of the international community to surface. This monograph demonstrates that the UN and US did not leverage their full capabilities to support the Rwandan mission. The UN authorized missions but the members that make up the UN did not provide the necessary resources in order to conduct the mission(s) properly. Many leaders in the United States held the position for quite some time that the events in Rwanda were not a national interest to the US, so the US would not commit forces. This action was not supported by the policies of the Clinton Administration. The US military also did not support the Rwanda operation due the recently failed UN mission in Somalia. The US failed once the Commander-In-Chief requested options to provide the full range of courses of action available. The importance or the so what of this monograph for the operational commander and or planner is that the responsibility of the military is to provide options to the National Command Authorities regardless of their personal opinions re

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• Full title: Did the United Nations and or the United States Ignore the Atrocities/Genocide in Rwanda?
• Author: Morris T Goins
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 58
• EAN: 9781286865330
• ISBN: 9781286865330
• ID: 08218324
• Publisher: Biblioscholar
• Weight: 122 g
• Dimensions: 246 × 189 × 3 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. October 2012

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