Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
Dallaire, Lt. Gen. Romeo with Brent Beardsley
Language: English
Published by Vintage Canada, 2004
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Gene Sperry Books, Quincy, MA, U.S.A.Gene Sperry Books
AbeBooks seller since May 7, 2001
Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 4.56
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Seller Inventory # 85992
- Title
- Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
- Author
- Dallaire, Lt. Gen. Romeo with Brent Beardsley
- Publisher
- Vintage Canada
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0679311726
- ISBN 13
- 9780679311720
- Seller catalogs
- Auto Biography, Military History, Sociology
When Lt-Gen. Roméo Dallaire received the call to serve as force commander of the UN intervention in Rwanda in 1993, he thought he was heading off on a modest and straightforward peacekeeping mission. Thirteen months later he flew home from Africa, broken, disillusioned and suicidal, having witnessed the slaughter of 800,000 Rwandans in only a hundred days. In Shake Hands with the Devil, he takes the reader with him on a return voyage into the hell of Rwanda, vividly recreating the events the international community turned its back on. This book is an unsparing eyewitness account of the failure by humanity to stop the genocide, despite timely warnings.
Woven through the story of this disastrous mission is Dallaire’s own journey from confident Cold Warrior, to devastated UN commander, to retired general engaged in a painful struggle to find a measure of peace, reconciliation and hope. This book is General Dallaire’s personal account of his conversion from a man certain of his worth and secure in his assumptions to a man conscious of his own weaknesses and failures and critical of the institutions he’d relied on. It might not sit easily with standard ideas of military leadership, but understanding what happened to General Dallaire and his mission to Rwanda is crucial to understanding the moral minefields our peacekeepers are forced to negotiate when we ask them to step into the world’s dirty wars.
Excerpt from Shake Hands with the Devil
My story is not a strictly military account nor a clinical, academic study of the breakdown of Rwanda. It is not a simplistic indictment of the many failures of the UN as a force for peace in the world. It is not a story of heroes and villains, although such a work could easily be written. This book is a cri de coeur for the slaughtered thousands, a tribute to the souls hacked apart by machetes because of their supposed difference from those who sought to hang on to power. . . . This book is the account of a few humans who were entrusted with the role of helping others taste the fruits of peace. Instead, we watched as the devil took control of paradise on earth and fed on the blood of the people we were supposed to protect.
From the Hardcover edition.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Gene Sperry Books
Quincy, MA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since May 7, 2001
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 12 business days | 3 to 7 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 4.06 | £ 8.13 |
Payment methods
- Cash
- Check
- Money Order
Store description
Specialty
Art & Architecture, Kennedy Assassination, Maritime & Nautical, Travel & Leisure, True Crime, Sports & Outdoors, CIA, Espionage, Movies & Film, Mystery Fiction, Military History, World War IISeller's business information
Gene Sperry Books
MA, U.S.A.
Terms of sale
Credit cards through ABE, otherwise checks (drawn on a U.S. Bank), Postal Money Orders or
Cash in U.S. dollars are all acceptable. Books are reserved for ten (10) days pending
payment. When I receive your check, I'll mail the book(s) to you. Books are returnable within
ten (10) days of receipt if not accurately described. Buyer pays postage on returns.
PRICES NET TO ALL. Please email for any additional information. Thank you!
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Gene Sperry Books, Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A., +1 508 649 2906, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping terms
Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.