Rwanda: Can the 'Madman Theory' Oust the Tutsi From Their Historical Homelands?
29 Jun 2026, 05:15 GMT
Topic: Central Africa
Source URL: https://allafrica.com/stories/202606290036.html
[New Times] At the height of the Vietnam War in the fall of 1969, President Richard Nixon deployed the "madman theory," a political strategy built on projecting irrationality to force adversaries into negotiation, then breaking their resistance through sustained pressure.