Shake hands with the devil
by Roméo Dallaire · first published 2003
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A Canadian general and former United Nations peacekeeper shares his harrowing eyewitness account of the genocide in Rwanda, revealing how he and his men managed to rescue thousands of people despite the orgy of bloodletting that was erupting all around them. Reprint
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…deeper understanding of the Rwandan Genocide, it is important to turn to other resources. Books such as "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families" by Philip Gourevitch and "Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda" by Romeo Dallaire provide a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the conflict. These books offer firsthand accounts and interviews with survivors and perpetrators,…
on “The Lessons to Learn from Hotel Rwanda – Emmanuel Katto Uganda” ↗…the cold as a perennial problem for the infantry, and most of the events occur during a particular winter. I've read several of his books, and it's very much in line with his writing style. Same with Shake Hands With the Devil. The author (Romeo Dallaire) uses that phrase in the introduction and at a turning point of the book to express how he felt about his position - he literally shook hands with perpetrators of genocide.…
on “Time management tricks I learned from years of hating Tim Ferris (of the 4 hour work week)” ↗>(Read in 2018) * Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215758.Shake_Hands_with_... Still reading it every few weeks and its hanging over my head to finally finish it. Not something you…
on “Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?” ↗In the book 'Shake Hands With the Devil', Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire (the head of the UN peace keeping mission in Rwanda) goes into this in great detail. Certain countries would dump their troops on the UN so that they wouldn't have…
on “CDC map quietly confirms the Haitian cholera epidemic started by UN peacekeepers” ↗…bit like a weirdtopia instead of an utopia or dystopia: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/cWjK3SbRcLkb3gN69/building-w... Personally in my mind I group this book somewhat together with non-fiction book “Shake Hands with the Devil “ by Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire. As a German the thought that you could have pride in being part of a military felt foreign and distant, for example routinely thanking soldiers for their service…
on “The Fourth of July” ↗Sorry, that doesn't apply to the books I've read in the past year: - The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War - Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders - Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War - On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society - The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall…
on “Time management tricks I learned from years of hating Tim Ferris (of the 4 hour work week)” ↗…no, that wasn't actually the coldest winter on record - Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders --> unless they are very old or made of glass, books aren't usually classified as "fragile" - Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda -->likely the Devil never shakes anybody's hand - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War --> the US action in Somalia was not a war - On Killing: The Psychological…
on “Time management tricks I learned from years of hating Tim Ferris (of the 4 hour work week)” ↗