The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur - Softcover

Steidle, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586485695 ISBN 13: 9781586485696

Publisher: PublicAffairs, 2008

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2008 Pages: 256 Publisher: PublicAffairs This intense vivid. Powerful memoir from the heart of Darfur by a former American soldier who became a military observer for the African Union IS the first extensive on-the- ground account of the genocide in Sudan.Former US Marine ian Steidle served for six months in Darfur as an unarmed military observer for the African Union. There he witnessed first-hand the on-going genocide. and documented every day of his experience using email . audio journals. notebook after notebook and nearly 1000 photographs. Gretchen Steidle Wallace. his sister and co-author. 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 bec...

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Synopsis:

This intense, vivid, powerful memoir from the heart of Darfur by a former American soldier who became a military observer for the African Union, is the first extensive on-the-ground account of the genocide in Sudan.Former US Marine Brian Steidle served for six months in Darfur as an unarmed military observer for the African Union. There he witnessed first-hand the on-going genocide, and documented every day of his experience using email, audio journals, notebook after notebook and nearly 1000 photographs. Gretchen Steidle Wallace, his sister and co-author, 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 Comes 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 former Marine turned humanitarian.

It is a gripping and moving memoir that bears witness to unmentionable atrocities and urges all of us to take action now.

About the Author:

Brian Steidle, a former Captain in the Marine Corps, worked for the African Union where he served in Darfur. He has made several return trips to Africa and now gives lectures across the country, including Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and UCLA, about Darfur. Gretchen Steidle Wallace, Brian's sister and the founder of Global Grassroots, has a BA in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College. They live in New Hampshire.

About this edition

• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1586485695
• ISBN 13: 9781586485696
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272