| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 297 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Texas A & M University military history series ; 100 |
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Texas A & M University military history series ; 100.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-286) and index. |
| Contents |
Early years -- Soldier, scout, statesman -- Return to Zaire -- A little town, a little hell: Goma -- Operation support hope -- Land of the dead -- Resurrecting a country -- War clouds gather. |
| Summary |
"In July 1994, Thomas P. Odom was part of the U.S. Embassy team that responded to the Goma refugee crisis. He witnessed the deaths of 70,000 refugees in a single week. In the previous three months of escalating violence, the Rwandan genocide had claimed 800,000 dead. Now, in this vivid and unsettling new book, Odom offers the first insider look at these devastating events before, during, and after the genocide." "Odom draws on his years of experience as a defense attache and foreign area specialist in the United States Army to offers a complete picture of the situation in Zaire and Rwanda, focusing on two U.S. embassies, intelligence operations, U.N. peacekeeping efforts, and regional reactions. His team attempted to slow the death by cholera of refugees in Goma, guiding in a U.S. Joint Task Force and Operation Support Hope and remaining until the United States withdrew its forces forty days later. After U.S. forces departed Odom crossed into Rwanda to spend the next eighteen months reestablishing the embassy, working with the Rwandan government, and creating the U.S.-Rwandan Demining Office." "Odom assisted the U.S. Ambassador and served as the principal military advisor on Rwanda to the U.S. Department of Defense and National Security Council throughout his time in Rwanda. This book candidly reveals Odom's frustration with Washington as his predictions that a large war was coming were ignored. Unfortunately, he was proven correct: the current death toll in Rwanda is over three million." "Odom's account of the events in Rwanda not only illustrates how failures in intelligence and policy happen but also shows that a human context is necessary to comprehend these political decisions."--Jacket. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
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| Subject |
Odom, Thomas P. (Thomas Paul), 1953-
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Odom, Thomas P. (Thomas Paul), 1953- (OCoLC)fst01482208
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Civil War (Rwanda : 1994) (OCoLC)fst01352318
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Genocide -- Rwanda -- History -- 20th century.
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Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Atrocities.
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Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Refugees.
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Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Americans -- Rwanda -- Biography.
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Diplomats -- Rwanda -- Biography.
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Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.
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Refugees -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Goma (Nord-Kivu) -- History -- 20th century.
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Goma (Nord-Kivu, Congo) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- Central.
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Americans. (OCoLC)fst00807488
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Atrocities. (OCoLC)fst00820727
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Diplomats. (OCoLC)fst00894415
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Genocide. (OCoLC)fst00940208
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Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Goma (Nord-Kivu)
(OCoLC)fst01321676
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Rwanda. (OCoLC)fst01212358
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Diplomat.
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Völkermord.
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Rwanda.
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United States.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Personal narratives -- American.
(OCoLC)fst01424071
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Odom, Thomas P. (Thomas Paul), 1953- Journey into darkness. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2005 1585444278 (DLC) 2004028031 (OCoLC)57283654 |
| ISBN |
9781603446136 (electronic bk.) |
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1603446133 (electronic bk.) |
