Shake hands with the devil
Subtitle: the failure of humanity in Rwanda
By: Roméo Dallaire ; with Brent Beardsley
Contributors: Beardsley, Brent
Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf trade pbk. ed
Publisher: Carroll & Graf; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY; [Berkeley, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 562
Subjects: Dallaire, Roméo; United Nations -- Peacekeeping forces -- Rwanda; Genocide -- Rwanda; Peacekeeping forces -- Rwanda; Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Personal narratives, Canadian; Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Atrocities
Genres: Personal narratives, Canadian
Description: A Canadian general and former United Nations peacekeeper shares his harrowing eyewitness account of the genocide in Rwanda, revealing how he and his men managed to rescue thousands of people despite the orgy of bloodletting that was erupting all around them. Reprint
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-548) and index
Table of contents: title: My father told me three things; title: "Rwanda, that's in Africa isn't it?"; title: "Check out Rwanda and you're in charge"; title: Enemies holding hands; title: The clock is ticking; title: The first milestones; title: The shadow force; title: Assassination and ambush; title: Easter without a resurrection of hope; title: An explosion at Kigali Airport; title: To go or to stay?; title: Lack of resolution; title: Accountants of the slaughter; title: The turquoise invasion; title: Too much, too late