Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Brief overview of the game -- Prologue -- How to react -- Game setup -- Game play -- Game requirements -- Counterfactuals -- Historical background -- Chronology -- A short history of Rwanda -- Precolonial history -- Rwanda under the Europeans -- Postcolonial Rwanda, 1962-90 -- The formation of the RPF -- Rwanda in crisis -- The United Nations : a brief history -- The League of Nations and the birth of the UN -- Founding the UN : visions and institutions -- The UN during the Cold War -- The UN after the Cold War -- Bosnia and the role of UN peacekeeping -- Legacy of Yugoslavia -- The question of intervention -- Key concepts and terms -- Genocide -- Sovereignty -- Human rights -- The game -- Major issues for debate -- Rules and procedures -- Objectives and victory conditions -- Terminology -- Basic outline of the game -- Meetings of the UN Security Council -- Motions and voting -- Press conferences -- Demonstrations -- Other considerations -- Game versions and sessions -- Assignments -- Roles and factions -- UN ambassadors and advisers -- UN and U.S. officials -- Representatives of human rights organizations -- Journalists -- Representatives of public opinion --

Core texts -- Brief introduction to the reading -- Questions to consider while reading -- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948 -- Resolution 872 [the Arusha Peace Agreement], 1993 -- Resolution 909 [establishing the UNAMIR], 1994 -- Michael Walzer, from Just and unjust wars: a moral argument with history illustrations, 1977 -- Fernando Teson, from Humanitarian intervention: an inquiry into law and morality, 1988 -- George H. W. Bush, "new world order" speech, 1991 -- François Mitterrand, speech at La Baule, 1990 -- Boutros Boutros-Ghali, An agenda for peace, 1992 -- American leadership confronting the challenges of a broader world -- Bill Clinton, address to the UN General Assembly, 1993 -- Madeleine K. Albright, address to the National War College, 1993 -- American responses to Mogadishu -- Jesse Helms, address to Congress, 1993 -- Bill Clinton, address to the nation, 1993 -- Bob's rules of order -- List of common abbreviations -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments.

Reacting to the Past is an award-winning series of immersive role-playing games that actively engage students in their own learning. Students assume the roles of historical characters and practice critical thinking, primary source analysis, and argument, both written and spoken. Reacting games are flexible enough to be used across the curriculum, from first-year general education classes and discussion sections of lecture classes to capstone experiences and honors programs. A Norton original in the Reacting to the Past series, The Needs of Others: Human Rights, International Organizations, and Intervention in Rwanda, 1994 asks students to debate whether the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda should be withdrawn or strengthened, whether the UN has an obligation to intervene, and whether the fighting in Rwanda is a civil war or something else--Provided by publisher.