On the path to genocide: Armenia and Rwanda reexamined

Introduction : 'The symptoms of an explosive situation': the temporal model of genocide

I. The Armenian genocide : 'Trying desperately to escape history': the Armenian question ; 'A settled plan to slowly exterminate': the Hamidian massacres ; 'They will have to be destroyed': from massacre to genocide

II. The Rwandan genocide : 'A European under black skin': precolonial and colonial Rwanda ; 'A massive rejection of the Tutsi as fellow nationals': race, violence and independence ; 'A cockroach gives birth to another cockroach': from coexistence to extermination

III. The path to genocide : 'Driven by ethnic exclusivism': on the timing of genocide ; 'Our only hope, therefore, rests on the obstacle': constraints against genocide

'A pattern...repeated numerous times': the wider applicability of the temporal model

Conclusion. : 'We are all brothers': the temporal model and genocide prevention.