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Jun 16, 2024 · With only a few troops and his own ingenuity and courage, Dallaire rescued thousands, but his call for more support fell on deaf ears. Here he recreates the awful history the world community chose to ignore, and chronicles his own progression from confident Cold Warrior to devastated UN commander, and finally to retired general ...
5 days ago · The documentary "Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire" (2004) offers a profound look into the events of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Based on the book by General Roméo Dallaire, it documents his harrowing experiences as the Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR).
Jun 22, 2024 · By 2003 Dallaire had come to terms with his Rwandan nightmare and published the autobiography Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, which won the Governor General’s Award for English-language nonfiction and was later made into a documentary film.
Jun 23, 2024 · 1. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. Hot Key Books. "It was a heart shattering book for me. How that book ended was such a plot twist in the best and worst way that it just made me cry and ponder life...
Jun 12, 2024 · His defiant dedication to humanity during that mission has been well-documented in films and books, including his own account: Shake Hands with the Devil: the Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, which won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction in 2004 and the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for political writing awarded by the Writers’ Trust o...
Jun 29, 2024 · In Shake Hands with the Devil, General Dallaire recreates the awful history the world community chose to ignore. He also chronicles his own progression from confident Cold Warrior to devastated UN commander, and finally to retired general struggling painfully, and publicly, to overcome posttraumatic stress disorder--the highest ...
Jun 29, 2024 · An award-winning international sensation, SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL is a landmark contribution to the literature of war- a remarkable tale of a soldier's courage and an unforgettable portrait of modern war.
