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.
Impediments to the prevention and intervention of genocide. ISBN 9781412849432. Published by Transaction Publishers in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.