Shake hands with the devil : the failure of humanity in Rwanda

Dallaire, Roméo A. (Author). Beardsley, Major Brent. (Added Author).

Summary: "Serving in Rwanda in 1993 as a UN Force Commander, Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire and his small UN peacekeeping force found themselves abandoned by the world's major powers in a vortex of civil war and genocide. With meagre resources to stem the killing, General Dallaire was witness to the murder of 800,000 Rwandans in a hundred days, and returned home broken, disillusioned and suicidal."--Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 97806793117210
ISBN: 0679311726
Physical Description: print
562 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : Vintage Canada, 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Winner of the 2004 Writers' Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.

Formatted Contents Note:

My father told me three things -- "Rwanda, that's in Africa isn't it?" -- "Check out Rwanda and you're in charge" -- Enemies holding hands -- The clock is ticking -- The first milestones -- The shadow force -- Assassination and ambush -- Easter without a resurrection of hope -- An explosion at Kigali Airport -- To go or to stay? -- Lack of resolution -- Accountants of the slaughter -- The turquoise invasion -- Too much, too late.