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Conspiracy to Murder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A People Betrayed

 

 


Ultimate Crime

 


End of the Street

 


Techno Bandits

 


United Nations by Linda Melvern


 

Conspiracy to Murder. The Rwanda Genocide.

Verso Hardback 2004
Verso Revised paperback 2006
ISBN 1-84467-542-4
 
The 1994 genocide in Rwanda is a milestone event of twentieth century. The book reveals the extent of the planning of the genocide and its progress country-wide. The book contains the first comprehensive reconstruction of the genocide together with exclusive information about French foreign policy towards Rwanda – the role of its intelligence services and its mercenaries.

Conspiracy to Murder also contains the details of intelligence reports from three countries – the US, Belgium and France -- about the missile attack which on April 6, 1994, killed two African Presidents in the skies over Kigali.

The author had unique access to files and records that were abandoned by the genocidaires, many of these documents from the previous regime’s department of military intelligence. These documents give a unique insight into the minds of the conspirators and how they determined that genocide and the racist policy that underpinned it should become a part of government policy. read more... Buy Conspiracy via the publisher...


A People Betrayed. The role of the West in Rwanda's genocide.

Zed Books 2000
ISBN 1-85649-831

A People Betrayed contains a full narrative account of how the genocide unfolded. It describes its scale, speed and intensity. The combination of revelations about the complicity of western nations, the failure to intervene, and the suppression of information about what was actually happening, is a shocking indictment, not just of the UN Security Council, but even more so of governments and individual who could have prevented what was happening but chose not to do so.   

The United Nations, which fifty years ago resolved that genocide never happened again, not only failed to prevent it happening in Rwanda, but, as this book shows, international funds intended to help the Rwandan economy actually helped to create the conditions that made the genocide possible.
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The Ultimate Crime. Who Betrayed the UN and Why.

Allison and Busby 1995
ISBN 0-85031-939-0

A secret history of the UN’s first fifty years. The book shows how world powers prevent the UN from doing the job it was created to do. It reveals the inner workings of the UN Security Council and explains how the international system is unaccountable to both press and public. It exposes the secretive selection process for UN Secretary General. read more...


The End of the Street. The story of Rupert Murdoch's coup against the British press.

Methuen 1986
ISBN 0-413-14640-5

The End of the Street tells the inside story of the most historic upheaval in the British press and trade union movement for over a century - the true story of Rupert Murdoch, his coup against the unions and the Fleet Street revolution.

In the course of a single year, the war for Fleet Street was fought and won. With military-style planning and precision, Rupert Murdoch and his lieutenants outmanoeuvred the unions, annihilated practices and traditions that had for decades been the pride of the unions and the bane of the proprietors, and sacked thousands of workers who had believed themselves indispensable and invulnerable. read more...

Techno-Bandits
How the Soviets are stealing America’s High-tech Future

ISBN 0-39536-0668
Co-authored by Linda Melvern, Nick Anning, David Hebditch

An account of the illicit Soviet efforts to acquire American technology. This book was highly acclaimed and translated into several languages.

It contains an investigative report on the Soviet campaign to obtain high-technology information and devices, details the activities of black-market business suppliers, American and European spies and quasi-spies, and KGB agents. read reviews...

 

United Nations. Poverty, pollution, human rights, and world peace

World Organizations presents an overview of the goals, structure, history, and main programs of international organizations.

These books introduce readers to faraway countries and people, as each organization dedicates itself to issues such as poverty, pollution, human rights, and world peace.