The next step in my Historical Investigation was to research, find and evaluate different sources.
I began my research by reading a number of different sources from different perspectives.
The first source I read was a brief 3 page summary of the Rwandan Genocide. This secondary source provided a great historical and factual bases for my investigation.
The second source I read was a newspaper article on the
Guardian posted Thursday 1 April 2004 and written by Rory Carroll who is a US correspondent based in Los Angeles. In the article, 'US chose to ignore Rwandan Genocide', he discusses the reasons why the US ignored the genocide and their apology to Rwanda in the aftermath of the genocide. These reasons included that the US Government feared bad press from intervening, they did not want to repeat another failure intervention and Rwanda did not have any use to them. Corroll writes in an understanding tone to both Rwanda and the US. He concluded the article with Mr Clinton apologising.
The third source I read was another newspaper article but on the Christian Science Monitor by Scott Baldauf written on the 7th April 2009. He is a US missionary and human right activist who resents the fact US did not intervene in the genocide. He discusses that the Clinton Government did know of the genocide and watched the events unfold. He uses his personal interviews with members of the Clinton Government who confirmed, " We knew, but we didn't want to respond". Baldauf believes if the US had intervened then they could have stopped the genocide
The fourth source I read was a book called 'The Rwandan Genocide: The True Motivation for Mass Killings' written by Senator Moise Jean-Charles. It is about the events that led up to the genocide including colonisation, war and ethnic tribes.
http://history.emory.edu/home/assets/documents/endeavors/volume1/Moises.pdf
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/31/usa.rwanda
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2009/0407/p06s14-woaf.html
http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/rwandabackground.pdf
I began my research by reading a number of different sources from different perspectives.
The first source I read was a brief 3 page summary of the Rwandan Genocide. This secondary source provided a great historical and factual bases for my investigation.
The second source I read was a newspaper article on the
Guardian posted Thursday 1 April 2004 and written by Rory Carroll who is a US correspondent based in Los Angeles. In the article, 'US chose to ignore Rwandan Genocide', he discusses the reasons why the US ignored the genocide and their apology to Rwanda in the aftermath of the genocide. These reasons included that the US Government feared bad press from intervening, they did not want to repeat another failure intervention and Rwanda did not have any use to them. Corroll writes in an understanding tone to both Rwanda and the US. He concluded the article with Mr Clinton apologising.
The third source I read was another newspaper article but on the Christian Science Monitor by Scott Baldauf written on the 7th April 2009. He is a US missionary and human right activist who resents the fact US did not intervene in the genocide. He discusses that the Clinton Government did know of the genocide and watched the events unfold. He uses his personal interviews with members of the Clinton Government who confirmed, " We knew, but we didn't want to respond". Baldauf believes if the US had intervened then they could have stopped the genocide
The fourth source I read was a book called 'The Rwandan Genocide: The True Motivation for Mass Killings' written by Senator Moise Jean-Charles. It is about the events that led up to the genocide including colonisation, war and ethnic tribes.
http://history.emory.edu/home/assets/documents/endeavors/volume1/Moises.pdf
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/31/usa.rwanda
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2009/0407/p06s14-woaf.html
http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/rwandabackground.pdf