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PublisherGrand Central Publishing
ISBN-100786715103
ISBN-139780786715107
eBay Product ID (ePID)43433322
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Book TitleShake Hands with the Devil : the Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
Number of Pages592 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGlobalization, International Relations / General
Publication Year2004
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science
AuthorRoméo Dallaire
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1.8 in
Item Weight22 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.2 in
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ReviewsToronto Globe and Mail "Almost certainly the most important book published in Canada this year." Quill & Quire "[ Shake Hands with the Devil ] is an affidavit for an indictment--an indictment of the murderers, the hamstrung, bureaucratized UN, and the self-absorbed developed world. ... Roméo Dallaire emerges as our post-Cold War hero." Candy Crowley, CNN Chief Political Correspondent "It's stark and it's horrible, but it's fascinating and very moving.", Toronto Globe and Mail "Almost certainly the most important book published in Canada this year." Quill & Quire "[ Shake Hands with the Devil ] is an affidavit for an indictment--an indictment of the murderers, the hamstrung, bureaucratized UN, and the self-absorbed developed world. ... Roméo Dallaire emerges as our post-Cold War hero." Candy Crowley, CNN Chief Political Correspondent "It's stark and it's horrible, but it's fascinating and very moving." -- -
SynopsisFor the first time in the United States comes the tragic and profoundly important story of the legendary Canadian general who "watched as the devil took control of paradise on earth and fed on the blood of the people we were supposed to protect." When Rom o Dallaire was called on to serve as force commander of the UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda, he believed that his assignment was to help two warring parties achieve the peace they both wanted. Instead, he was exposed to the most barbarous and chaotic display of civil war and genocide in the past decade, observing in just one hundred days the killings of more than eight hundred thousand Rwandans. With only a few troops, his own ingenuity and courage to direct his efforts, Dallaire rescued thousands, but his call for more support from the world body fell on deaf ears. In Shake Hands with the Devil, General Dallaire recreates the awful history the world community chose to ignore. He also chronicles his own progression from confident Cold Warrior to devastated UN commander, and finally to retired general struggling painfully, and publicly, to overcome posttraumatic stress disorder--the highest-ranking officer ever to share such experiences with readers., For the first time in the United States comes the tragic and profoundly important story of the legendary Canadian general who "watched as the devil took control of paradise on earth and fed on the blood of the people we were supposed to protect." When Romeo Dallaire was called on to serve as force commander of the UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda, he believed that his assignment was to help two warring parties achieve the peace they both wanted. Instead, he was exposed to the most barbarous and chaotic display of civil war and genocide in the past decade, observing in just one hundred days the killings of more than eight hundred thousand Rwandans. With only a few troops, his own ingenuity and courage to direct his efforts, Dallaire rescued thousands, but his call for more support from the world body fell on deaf ears. In Shake Hands with the Devil, General Dallaire recreates the awful history the world community chose to ignore. He also chronicles his own progression from confident Cold Warrior to devastated UN commander, and finally to retired general struggling painfully, and publicly, to overcome posttraumatic stress disorder -- the highest-ranking officer ever to share such experiences with readers., For the first time in the United States comes the tragic and profoundly important story of the legendary Canadian general who watched as the devil took control of paradise on earth and fed on the blood of the people we were supposed to protect. When Romeo Dallaire was called on to serve as force commander of the UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda, he believed that his assignment was to help two warring parties achieve the peace they both wanted. Instead, he was exposed to the most barbarous and chaotic display of civil war and genocide in the past decade, observing in just one hundred days the killings of more than eight hundred thousand Rwandans. With only a few troops, his own ingenuity and courage to direct his efforts, Dallaire rescued thousands, but his call for more support from the world body fell on deaf ears. In Shake Hands with the Devil, General Dallaire recreates the awful history the world community chose to ignore. He also chronicles his own progression from confident Cold Warrior to devastated UN commander, and finally to retired general struggling painfully, and publicly, to overcome posttraumatic stress disorder -- the highest-ranking officer ever to share such experiences with readers.
LC Classification NumberDT450.435
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- 21. Okt. 2015
Whose Failure?
The subtitle of this book is "the failure of humanity in Rwanda", which is , I think a bit broad. I remember, before all hell broke loose, reading in the paper about people trying to tell Congress that all hell was about to break loose. After it did both Bill Clinton and Kofi Annan claimed that they didn't know what was going to happen. Maybe Slick Willie could demand to know what we mean by "know". Anyway the author specifically contradicts Clinton's claim - to admiring reporters, that 100 airplanes were in the air headed for Rwanda. I think "the failure of the US President and the UN Secretary General" would've been a better subtitle for this book. But if you're interested in the horrors the worthless big shots who rule us see merely as an image problem - for them, then this is a very detailed, and grotesque, account. The UN force in Rwanda suffered from meager, one might say token, resources and vague, one might say evasive instructions. Which contributed to the results, which meant a lot of death and dismemberment. Mercifully, no major political reputations were seriously injured - and that is the main thing.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 18. Sep. 2019
Shake hands with the devil
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- 26. Feb. 2022
Thanks
Great stuff!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
