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The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur
Steidle, Brian; Wallace, Gretchen Steidle
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Description for The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur
paperback. This intense, vivid report and call to action from the heart of violent Darfur, by a former Marine working as an unarmed military observer for the African Union, is a powerful memoir of a young man's awakening to conscience and the first extensive on-theground account of the genocide in Sudan. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 pages b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
Former United States Marine Brian Steidle served for six months in Darfur as an unarmed military observer for the African Union. There he witnessed first-hand the ongoing genocide, and documented every day of his experience using email, audio journals, notebook after notebook and nearly 1,000 photographs. Gretchen Steidle Wallace, his sister, who wrote this book with Brian, corresponded with him throughout his time in Darfur. Fired upon, taken hostage, a witness to villages destroyed and people killed, frustrated by his mission's limitations and the international community's reluctance to intervene, Steidle resigned and has since become an advocate for the world ... Read more
Former United States Marine Brian Steidle served for six months in Darfur as an unarmed military observer for the African Union. There he witnessed first-hand the ongoing genocide, and documented every day of his experience using email, audio journals, notebook after notebook and nearly 1,000 photographs. Gretchen Steidle Wallace, his sister, who wrote this book with Brian, corresponded with him throughout his time in Darfur. Fired upon, taken hostage, a witness to villages destroyed and people killed, frustrated by his mission's limitations and the international community's reluctance to intervene, Steidle resigned and has since become an advocate for the world ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
PublicAffairs United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781586485696
SKU
V9781586485696
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About Steidle, Brian; Wallace, Gretchen Steidle
Brian Steidle, a former Captain in the Marine Corps, worked for the African Union where he served in Darfur. He has made several return trips to Africa and now gives lectures across the country, including Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and UCLA, about Darfur. Gretchen Steidle Wallace, Brian's sister and the founder of Global Grassroots, has a BA in foreign affairs from ... Read more
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