Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction: The United States in an Age of Genocide Chapter 3 An Unconventional Debate: The United States and the Genocide Convention Chapter 4 The United States and the Cambodian Tragedy Chapter 5 The United States and Genocide in Bosnia Chapter 6 Eyes Wide Shut: The United States and the Rwanda Genocide Chapter 7 Conclusion: "Thus Can We Make It" Chapter 8 Appendix Chapter 9 Index
Peter Ronayne is senior faculty member at the Federal Executive Institute, in Charlottesville, Virginia, and is adjunct professor at the University of Virginia.
Peter Ronayne has provided us with a mirror. With unflinching
candor, in the harsh light of reality, he has measured our behavior
against our stated goals. While he does not like all that he sees,
he does not succumb to despair. Skillfully avoiding the shoals of
self-righteous moralism and self-defeating cynicism, this study is
itself a moral act—a genuine inquiry into who we are and who we
want to be.
*Joel H. Rosenthal, president, Carnegie Council for Ethics in
International Affairs*
This is a well-written, measured, and reflective survey of how far
the United States' actions have fallen short of its rhetoric and
potential, and the standards it applies to other states. This book
very usefully illustrates both the negative and positiveconnections
between US domestic and foreign policy issues. Despite the
startling failures he documents, Ronayne also shows that important
progress has been made, however slowly. His book is a sobering
account of some of the human disasters of the lastcentury, but
thankfully not despairing of the next...
*Ben Kiernan, director, Genocide Studies Program, Yale
University*
In Never Again?, Peter Ronayne has, with feeling, insight, and
extensive research, laid bare one of the tragic contradictions in
modern U.S. foreign policy: the conflict between Americans'
professed abhorrence of genocide and their resistance to action in
the face of reality. Beginning with the 40 year delay in the U.S.
ratification of the Genocide Convention, Ronayne demonstrates how
politics, fear of involvement, and rationalization impeded
immediate, forceful, and possibly effective intervention in the
cases of Cambodia, Bosnia, and Rwanda. His book should be read by
everyone who wants to understand these recent tragedies and share
in Ronayne's indictment of the failure of a nation, rhetorically
committed to human rights, to act to prevent some of the most
brutal violations of those rights.
*David D. Newsom,, former Ambassador and Undersecretary of
State*
Peter Ronayne offers a sophisticated, balanced view of U.S. foreign
policy in relation to genocide. Because it is so emotionally
charged, genocide is often approached in ideological terms.
Ronayne's great virtue in this book is that his observations are
equally free of indifference and cant. He can, in other words, be
trusted. Those who care about the ambiguities of U.S. diplomacy
will find this policy-oriented study invaluable.
*William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International,
USA*
Ronayne provides a solid introduction to both the Genocide
Convention and the difficulties inherent in the relationship
between international criminal law and US foreign policy. He
presents the issues clearly and accessibly and gives an objective
portrayal of the multifaceted domestic and foreign concerns facing
the US since the Second World War.
*International Affairs*
Prevention of genocide has become an accepted goal of U.S. foreign
policy. This book is the first serious effort to understand how
that norm evolved into a treaty.
*Foreign Affairs*
This is a well-written, measured, and reflective survey of how far
the United States' actions have fallen short of its rhetoric and
potential, and the standards it applies to other states. This book
very usefully illustrates both the negative and positive
connections between US domestic and foreign policy issues. Despite
the startling failures he documents, Ronayne also
shows that important progress has been made, however slowly. His
book is a sobering account of some of the human disasters of the
last century, but thankfully not despairing of the next.
*Ben Kiernan, director, Genocide Studies Program, Yale
University*
...a valuable work.
*Perspectives on Politics*
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