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Shake Hands with the Devil The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda de Rom\u00e9o Dallaire est un t\u00e9moignage de premi\u00e8re main sur le g\u00e9nocide des Tutsis au Rwanda en 1994, \u00e9crit par le commandant de la mission onusienne. Ce livre d'occasion retrace le parcours de l'auteur, de son arriv\u00e9e au Rwanda jusqu'\u00e0 son retour bris\u00e9, dans un r\u00e9cit poignant.<\/p>\n

\u00c9tat et d\u00e9tails de cet exemplaire<\/h2>\n

On the tenth anniversary of the date that UN peacekeepers landed in Rwanda, Random House Canada is proud to publish the unforgettable first-hand account of the genocide by the man who led the UN mission. Digging deep into shattering memories, General Dallaire has written a powerful story of betrayal, na\u00efvet\u00e9, racism and international politics. His message is simple and undeniable: \u201cNever again.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Lt-Gen. Rom\u00e9o 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.<\/p>\n

Woven through the story of this disastrous mission is Dallaire\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019d 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\u2019s dirty wars.<\/p>\n

Excerpt from Shake Hands with the Devil<\/i><\/b>
\nMy 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.<\/i><\/p>\n

From the Hardcover edition.<\/i><\/p>\n

R\u00e9sum\u00e9 de Shake Hands with the Devil The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda<\/h2>\n

Dans ce t\u00e9moignage de premi\u00e8re main, le lieutenant-g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Rom\u00e9o Dallaire revient sur la mission des Nations unies qu'il a command\u00e9e au Rwanda \u00e0 partir de 1993, alors qu'il pensait prendre part \u00e0 une op\u00e9ration de maintien de la paix modeste et sans grande difficult\u00e9. Treize mois plus tard, il rentre d'Afrique bris\u00e9, d\u00e9sillusionn\u00e9 et suicidaire, apr\u00e8s avoir assist\u00e9 au massacre de quelque 800 000 Rwandais en une centaine de jours. Il y revient ici pour d\u00e9crire, avec une grande franchise, l'\u00e9chec de l'humanit\u00e9 \u00e0 arr\u00eater le g\u00e9nocide malgr\u00e9 des alertes pr\u00e9coces, ainsi que la trahison, la na\u00efvet\u00e9, le racisme et les jeux de la politique internationale. Le livre suit aussi son propre cheminement, de soldat s\u00fbr de lui \u00e0 commandant d\u00e9vast\u00e9, puis \u00e0 g\u00e9n\u00e9ral \u00e0 la retraite engag\u00e9 dans une lutte pour retrouver la paix, la r\u00e9conciliation et l'espoir. Son message tient en deux mots : \u00ab Plus jamais \u00e7a \u00bb.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 propos de Rom\u00e9o Dallaire<\/h2>\n

Rom\u00e9o Dallaire est un officier militaire canadien, lieutenant-g\u00e9n\u00e9ral \u00e0 la retraite. En 1993-1994, il commande la force de la Mission des Nations unies pour l'assistance au Rwanda (MINUAR) lors du g\u00e9nocide. Apr\u00e8s sa carri\u00e8re militaire, il s'engage notamment dans la lutte contre l'utilisation des enfants soldats et dans la d\u00e9fense de la sant\u00e9 mentale des militaires et des anciens combattants.<\/p>\n

Tous les livres de Rom\u00e9o Dallaire<\/a><\/p>\n

Fiche du livre<\/h2>\n