Mobilizing the will to intervene

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"[This book] seeks to break the cycle of indifference and confront the political will not to intervene that was so painfully evident in 1994. Drawing on incisive case studies contrasting American and Canadian government responses to Rwandan Genocide and events in Kosovo in 1999, the W21 [Will to Intervene Project] research team draws on lessons learned from its interviews with over eighty policy makers and other participants. Those still smarting from the crucial governmental decisions about Rwanda and Kosovo propose practical steps to raise the capacities of Washington and Ottawa to prevent future mass atrocity crimes"--Foreword.