Shake Hands with the Devil
Author: Roméo Dallaire
THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S AWARD’Indisputably the best account of the whole terrible Rwandan genocide.’ R. W. Johnson, Sunday Times’Angry, accusatory and extremely moving.’ Caroline Moorhead, SpectatorWhen Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire received the call to serve as force commander of the UN mission to Rwanda, he thought he w….Read More
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