{"product_id":"9780815798774","title":"The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention: Genocide in Rwanda","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1994 genocide in Rwanda claimed the lives of at least 500,000 Tutsi—some three-quarters of their population—while UN peacekeepers were withdrawn and the rest of the world stood aside. Ever since, it has been argued that a small military intervention could have prevented most of the killing. In The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention, Alan J. Kuperman exposes such conventional wisdom as myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining unprecedented analyses of the genocide's progression and the logistical limitations of humanitarian military intervention, Kuperman reaches a startling conclusion: even if Western leaders had ordered an intervention as soon as they became aware of a nationwide genocide in Rwanda, the intervention forces would have arrived too late to save more than a quarter of the 500,000 Tutsi ultimately killed.  Serving as a cautionary message about the limits of humanitarian intervention, the book's concluding chapters address lessons for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brookings Institution Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118950990064,"sku":"9780815798774","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780815798774_p0.jpg?v=1769910101","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780815798774","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}