Dallaire, Romeo
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
- ISBN 13:
- 9780099478935
- author:
- Dallaire, Romeo
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Arrow
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2005
- Pages:
- 592
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 3.7 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- African history: postwar, from c 1945 -
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
On the tenth anniversary of the date that UN peacekeepers landed in Rwanda, a powerful first-hand account of the genocide is published. General Romeo Dallaire, who led the UN mission, shares his story of betrayal, naivete, racism and international politics.
When Dallaire received the call to serve as force commander of the UN intervention in Rwanda in 1993, he thought he was heading off on a modest and straightforward peacekeeping mission. However, he witnessed the slaughter of 800,000 Rwandans in just a hundred days, leaving him broken, disillusioned and suicidal.
This book is an unsparing eyewitness account of the failure by humanity to stop the genocide, despite timely warnings. Dallaire's personal account of his conversion from a confident Cold Warrior to a man conscious of his own weaknesses and failures is a powerful message: "Never again."
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