The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur
by By Steidle, Brian and Wallace, Gretchen Steidle
Category: History , Africa , General

Former United States Marine Brian Steidle served for six  months in Darfur as an unarmed military observer for the  African Union. There he witnessed first-hand the ongoing  genocide, and documented every day of his experience  using email, audio journals, notebook after  notebook and nearly 1,000 photographs. Gretchen  Steidle Wallace, his sister, who wrote this book with  Brian, corresponded with him throughout his time in  Darfur. Fired upon, taken hostage, a witness to villages  destroyed and people killed, frustrated by his mission's  limitations and the international community's reluctance  to intervene, Steidle resigned and has since become an  advocate for the world to step in and stop this genocide.  The Devil Came on Horseback depicts the tragic impact  of an Arab government bent on destroying its black  African citizens, the maddening complexity of international  inaction in response to blatant genocide, and the  awkward, yet heroic transformation of a formerMarine  turned humanitarian. It is a gripping and moving memoir  that bears witness to atrocities we have too long averted  our eyes from, and reveals that the actions of just one  committed person have the power to change the world.