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Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Roméo Dallaire
informative
slow-paced
4.0
Lt-Gen. Roméo Dallaire was born in 1946 in the Netherlands. He moved to Canada with his family in 1946, when he was about six months old. He joined the Canadian Army in 1963. In 1993, he received his commission as the major-general of UNAMIR, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda. The goal was to negotiate between the rival parties to bring an end to the tensions. Unfortunately, that did not go at all as planned, resulting in the Rwandan Genocide. He ultimately wound up rescuing hundreds of people, but that did not stop the brutal slaughter of over 800,000 more Rwandans.
I have read a lot of Holocaust books, and my interest in comparing genocides led me to buy this one. I had read some others previous to this and thus left this one sitting for a while. I have been trying to read some of my unread things and get to some reviews that I have neglected to do, and I wish that I would have read this book as soon as I bought it. I did know a lot of the facts about the genocide, but it is so important to read personal accounts from those in different positions and occupations during times like this. This book was really very good, and if you are interested in the Rwandan Genocide, I highly suggest picking this one up.
I have read a lot of Holocaust books, and my interest in comparing genocides led me to buy this one. I had read some others previous to this and thus left this one sitting for a while. I have been trying to read some of my unread things and get to some reviews that I have neglected to do, and I wish that I would have read this book as soon as I bought it. I did know a lot of the facts about the genocide, but it is so important to read personal accounts from those in different positions and occupations during times like this. This book was really very good, and if you are interested in the Rwandan Genocide, I highly suggest picking this one up.