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Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
Lt. Gen Roméo Dallaire
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Description for Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
paperback. Thirteen months after Lt-Gen Romeo went to serve as force commander of the UN intervention in Rwanda in 1993, he flew home broken, disillusioned and suicidal, having witnessed the slaughter of 800,000 Rwandans. This book takes us on a return voyage into the hell of Rwanda, recreating the events the international community turned its back on. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 410.
THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD
'Indisputably the best account of the whole terrible Rwandan genocide.' R. W. Johnson, Sunday Times
'Angry, accusatory and extremely moving.' Caroline Moorhead, Spectator
When Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire received the call to serve as force commander of the UN mission to Rwanda, he thought he was heading off to Africa to help two warring parties achieve a peace both sides wanted. Instead, he and members of his small international force were caught up in a vortex of civil war and genocide. Dallaire left Rwanda a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099478935
SKU
V9780099478935
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About Lt. Gen Roméo Dallaire
Roméo Dallaire joined the Canadian Army in 1964. A three star General, he served as Deputy Commander of the Canadian Army and later in the Ministry of Defence. In 1993 he was sent to Rwanda on a UN peace-helping mission; he was soon struggling to prevent one of modern history's most shocking events and the UN's famous failed mission: the ... Read more
Reviews for Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
Shake Hands With The Devil is one of the saddest books I have ever read and one of the most heart-breaking eye-witness accounts.A kind of naive and painfully honest confession of the failure of an organisation, a meticulous description of one of the worst betrayals in the history of humanity.
Guardian
indisputably the best account of the whole ... Read more
Guardian
indisputably the best account of the whole ... Read more