Literature critical review

Legitimizing inaction towards genocide in Rwanda: A matter of misperception? The article makes a review of the events and the events that led to the Rwandan Genocide. About 800,000 people died in the genocide. The international community, however, was seen to have been reluctant in its action towards curtailing the war. So many innocent people died in the fight. The extremists who were against the way the government was run were ready to do anything not to have the fight stop. According to the article, the UN was reluctant in taking action towards stopping the ongoing war in Rwanda. It took a long time before troops were deployed into Rwanda. It is also clear that the proceedings towards settlement of the disputes in Rwanda. However, the article asserts that the then secretary general to the UN was powerless and could do less towards stopping the Rwandan genocide. The UN secretary was not in a position to coerce member states to gi...