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AP European History
Unit 9 – Cold War and Contemporary Europe
Topic 9.5
Why did international intervention not prevent genocide in Rwanda despite having knowledge of it?
Unawareness about the severity of the situation until it was too late.
A reluctance to intervene due to limited national interests and fear of another Somalia-like debacle.
An inability to coordinate an effective intervention plan due to bureaucratic issues within UN bodies.
An assumption that local forces would be able to resolve it themselves.
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AP European History - 9.5 Postwar Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Atrocities
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