Acknowledgements Introduction: 'The Symptoms of an Explosive Situation': The Temporal Model of Genocide THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE Chapter 1.'Trying Desperately to Escape History': The Armenian Question Chapter 2. 'A Settled Plan to Slowly Exterminate': The Hamidian Massacres Chapter 3. 'They will have to be Destroyed': From Massacre to Genocide THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE Chapter 4. 'A European under Black Skin': Pre-colonial and Colonial Rwanda Chapter 5. 'A Massive Rejection of the Tutsi as Fellow Nationals': Race, Violence and Independence Chapter 6. 'A Cockroach gives birth to another Cockroach': From Coexistence to Extermination THE PATH TO GENOCIDE Chapter 7. 'Driven by Ethnic Exclusivism': On the Timing of Genocide Chapter 8.

'Our only Hope, therefore, rests on the Obstacle': Constraints Against Genocide Chapter 9. 'A Pattern . Repeated Numerous Times': The Wider Applicability of the Temporal Model Conclusion: 'We are all Brothers': The Temporal Model and Genocide Prevention Bibliography Index.