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

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 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. more

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2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-07-2009; Should have been better; This is a tragic story that needed to be told. Unfortunately, Dallaire should have used a ghost writer or someone like Mark Bowden to tell it. This reads just like a diary and is so burdened with needless details that the accounts of the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-24-2009; Great book; This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. I think Dallaire's writing style is under-rated and perhaps un-appreciated. The bulk of the account of his time in Rwanda is written in a documentary, almost overly-efficient...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-08-2008; What can I say ...; What can I say about this book... It is not an easy read and it is important to realize that it is written from the point of view of the General Dallaire, the Force Commander for the operation. The writing is simple and straightforward...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-27-2008; Heart-wrenching, gutting...; Another unfortunate reminder of a holocaust allowed to take place because of our Western-world's refusal to act; blatantly ignoring the fate of a people because of their 'lesser-than-us' status according to our 'civilized' mindset....; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-24-2009; Great book; This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. I think Dallaire's writing style is under-rated and perhaps un-appreciated. The bulk of the account of his time in Rwanda is written in a documentary, almost overly-efficient...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-16-2007; An important book that could have used a good editor.; I agree with some of the negative comments about this book. It's an important book, but a good editor should have pared away a fair amount of the "today I had a meeting with..." and other items from his daily journal. The book would have...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-07-2009; Should have been better; This is a tragic story that needed to be told. Unfortunately, Dallaire should have used a ghost writer or someone like Mark Bowden to tell it. This reads just like a diary and is so burdened with needless details that the accounts of the...; read full review | report as inappropriate