Shake Hands with the Devil - The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda

Informationen zum Autor Romeo 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. General Dallaire was medically released from the armed forces in April 2000 due to post-traumatic stress disorder and is now special adviser to the Canadian government on war-affected children and the prohibition of small arms distribution. In January 2002, he received the inaugural Aegis Award for Genocide Prevention in London. Klappentext Rom¿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 genocide in Rwanda. General Dallaire was medically released from the armed forces in April 2000 due to posttraumatic stress disorder and is now special adviser to the Canadian government on war-affected children and the prohibition of small arms distribution. In January 2002, he received the inaugural Aegis Award for Genocide Prevention in London. The Rwandan genocide is one of the most shocking examples of political exploitation and ethnic cleansing in living memory. It has been immortalised in the films Hotel Rwanda and Shooting Dogs , and here in the words of a seasoned soldier. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Romeo Dallaire, Roméo Dallaire
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.02.2005
• EAN: 9780099478935
• ISBN: 978-0-09-947893-5
• No. of pages: 592
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 37 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, True war & combat stories, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intergovernmental Organizations, military history, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, HISTORY / Africa / East, Rwanda, Politics & government, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, International institutions, True war and combat stories, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts