Silent Accomplice: The Untold Story of France's Role in the Rwandan Genocide Andrew Wallis The massacre of 1 million Rwandan Tutsis by ethnic Hutus in 1994 has become a symbol of international community's failure to prevent human rights atrocities. It is assumed that the West was well-intentioned, but ultimately ineffectual. But as Andrew Wallis reveals in this shocking book, one Western country - France - was secretly providing military, financial and diplomatic support to the genocidaires all along. Based on new interviews with key players and eye-witnesses, and previously unreleased documents, Wallis' book tells a story which many have suspected, but never seen set out before. France, Wallis discovers, was keen to defend its influence in Africa, even if it meant complicity in genocide. "In countries like that, genocide is not so important" as former French President Francois Miterrand once said. Wallis reveals that the French role went far beyond arms deals with pro-Hutu Habyarimana government. Both before and during the genocide, French special forces armed and trained the Interahamwe para militaries who carried out most of the killing. French vehicles and helicopters were used to transport the genocidaires up and down the country. And, as Wallis discovers, France's much-vaunted 'humanitarian intervention' in the aftermath of the genocide was publicly welcomed as a gesture of support by the Hutu extremists who incited the killing. Wallis's riveting expose of the French role in one of the darkest chapters of human history will provoke furious debate, denials and outrage. Andrew Wallis is a freelance journalist and a researcher at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford.