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Shake Hands with the Devil
- The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
- Gesprochen von: Marcel Jeannin
- Spieldauer: 21 Std. und 11 Min.
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A brave, unforgettable first-hand account of the Rwandan genocide by a man almost literally haunted by the dead and by the spectre of his mission's failure. Marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of this horrific event, this edition includes a new note from Roméo Dallaire.
Serving in Rwanda in 1993, LGen. Roméo Dallaire and his small peacekeeping force found themselves abandoned by the UN in a vortex of civil war and genocide. With meagre resources to stem the killing, General Dallaire was witness to the murder of 800,000 Rwandans in a hundred days, and returned home broken, disillusioned and suicidal. Shake Hands with the Devil is his return to Rwanda: a searing book that is both an eyewitness account of the failure of humanity to stop the genocide, and the story of General Dallaire's own struggle to find a measure of peace, reconciliation and hope.
Kritikerstimmen
2003, Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing, Winner
2004, Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award - Author of the Year, Winner
2004, Governor General's Literary Award - Nonfiction, Winner
“On the enormously important issue of Third World development and the obligation of the Western world to assist the dispossessed, [the book] is a powerful cri de coeur for the powerless.” (Toronto Star)
“A book of astonishing power.... Here was a man who screamed into the void. No one listened, no one cared, no one heard. But he never stopped screaming. He valued every human life. He wept for every human loss. He never gave up.” (Stephen Lewis, The Walrus)
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- Anonymer Hörer
- 25.07.2020
A must read/listen
While the first few chapters are a stretch and quite tedious to get through, it does convey what soldiers in the field experience as well: Long periods of waiting, followed by extremely intense periods of action. And this book is no different. The amount of action in the later chapters will be so unexpected after getting to know all the military jargon, will roll over you and it’ll all be over before you know it. Still, some parts are extremely graphic and tough to get through. It is important not to whitewash this story however and as a truly great human being and honest soldier would, Lt.-Gen. Dallaire tells all. The book being written by one of the world’s leading humanitarians means there will be a call to action at the end of the book - and what a call to action that is. In my opinion, that last chapter is absolutely brilliant and foreshadowed his involvement in many of the causes he spearheads now: Fighting the use of children im war, improving women’s and children’s rights, education and combatting world hunger. A fantastic book and I kick myself for not finishing this years ago when I first bought the book in French.
The narrator is great as well, sounds almost exactly like Dallaire himself and pronounces the french expressions with a delightful Quebecois accent, just as RD would. The General provided a short introduction as well.
All in all a fantastic production. Cannot recommend enough. Now start listening! Allons-y!
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