Cover art for Shake Hands With The Devil
Published
Arrow, September 2004
ISBN
9780099478935
Format
Softcover, 592 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 12.9cm × 3.7cm

Shake Hands With The Devil The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by

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When Lt. General Rom-o 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 broken man, disillusioned, suicidal, and determined to tell his story. An award-winning international sensation, SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL is a landmark contribution to the literature of war- a remarkable tale of a soldier's courage and an unforgettable portrait of modern war. It is also a stinging indictment of the petty bureaucrats who refused to give Dallaire the men and the operational freedom he needed to stop the killing. 'I know there is a God,' Dallaire writes, 'because in Rwanda I shook hands with the devil. I have seen him, I have smelled him and I have touched him. I know the devil exists and therefore I know there is a God.'

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