Impediments to the prevention and intervention of genocide / Samuel Totten, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: why no one came / by Major Brent Beardsley, retired -- Introduction / by Samuel Totten -- Realpolitik: the major impediment to the prevention and intervention of genocide / by Paul R. Bartrop and Samuel Totten -- Lack of political will / by Kenneth Campbell -- Denial of ongoing atrocities as a rationale for not attempting to prevent or intervene / by Henry Theriault -- The wording and interpretation of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: an ongoing impediment / Samuel Totten -- Data limitations as an impediment to genocide intervention / by Cyanne E. Loyle and Christian Davenport -- Aspects and components of the United Nations that constitute impediments to the prevention and intervention of genocide / by Samuel Totten -- The impact of the media on genocide intervention: a prod, an impediment or both? / by Isabelle Macgregor -- The international arms trade and the prevention of genocide: the law and practice of arming genocidal governments / by Hannibal Travis -- Do criminal trials prevent genocide? A critical analysis / by Maureen S. Hiebert -- "Paved with good intentions": attempts to design mechanisms to prevent genocide in the twenty first century and why they have not succeeded / by Herbert Hirsch.