Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Dallaire
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Dallaire

Bearing Witness to Genocide: Rwanda, Darfur, and the Implications for Future Peacekeeping Operations

Feb 11, 2005

In 1994, General Dallaire was the commander of the UN Assistance Mission to Rwanda and powerless to stop the massacre of 800,000 people, who were slaughtered in 100 days. Yet just as in Rwanda ten years ago, the UN is reluctant to use the word "genocide" to describe Darfur.

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