First Caroll & Graf trade pbk ed. Card covers, tight, clean, bright copy, remainder mark top edges of pages. Mild shelf rub to top left corner back cover. Winner 2004 Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction (Canada Council of the Arts). Foreword by Samantha Power Weight of book is 793 grams, will require additional shipping outside Canada contact bookseller for quote.

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Title: Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc, New York, NY 10011
Publication Date: 2005
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0786715103
ISBN 13: 9780786715107
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition.
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Weight: 793 grams

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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.

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Lt. Gen. RoméDallaire joined the Canadian Army in 1964. After returning from Rwanda, he was promoted to three-star general and served in various senior positions including assistant deputy minister in the Canadian Ministry of Defence. He is the highest-ranking military figure ever stricken with post-traumatic stress disorder, and continues to advise Canadian Forces and Veterans Affairs in matters related to PTSD. In January 2002 he received the inaugural Aegis Award for Genocide Prevention in London.

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