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