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Sanja on Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:18 pm
Book: Shake hands with the Devil - The failure of humanity in Rwanda
written by Roméo Dallaire
After having seen the Movie Hotel Rwanda, I was rather interested in the topic and wanted to get to know more about it. So I first read several articles on the internet, and there also found a recommendation of this 500pages long report. It is written by Roméo Dallaire, the Canadian UNAMIR leader, who not only describes the horrors of the Genocide in Rwanda, but also his struggle with the UN bureaucracy and indifference in the UN member states. He also gives a clear analysis of what really happened in 1993 and 1994. He points out the development of the crisis, sometimes in very hard words ( he describes quite an optimistic gathering of politicians and ends with the sentence "within a few month, they would all be dead")
I am only halfway through the book yet, because it definitely is quite shocking, but I already gathered nice insights in the workings of international organisations on a practical basis. I will further this description after having finished it
written by Roméo Dallaire
After having seen the Movie Hotel Rwanda, I was rather interested in the topic and wanted to get to know more about it. So I first read several articles on the internet, and there also found a recommendation of this 500pages long report. It is written by Roméo Dallaire, the Canadian UNAMIR leader, who not only describes the horrors of the Genocide in Rwanda, but also his struggle with the UN bureaucracy and indifference in the UN member states. He also gives a clear analysis of what really happened in 1993 and 1994. He points out the development of the crisis, sometimes in very hard words ( he describes quite an optimistic gathering of politicians and ends with the sentence "within a few month, they would all be dead")
I am only halfway through the book yet, because it definitely is quite shocking, but I already gathered nice insights in the workings of international organisations on a practical basis. I will further this description after having finished it
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