Shake Hands with the Devil (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the title of Shake Hands with the Devil Friday, October 30 2009.

Vyrubova edited the quotations of Shake Hands with the Devil Monday, August 24 2009.

• Edited a quotation: “On the way back to the Force HQ, I felt that I had shaken hands with the devil. We had actually exchanged pleasantries. I had given him the opportunity to take pride in his disgusting work. I felt guilty of evil deeds myself since I had actually negotiated with him. My stomach was ripping me apart about whether I had done the right thing. - On meeting with the genocidairesthing.”LGen. Romeo DallaireDallaire on meeting with the leaders of the Interahamwe, a major participant in the genocide

Vyrubova edited the quotations of Shake Hands with the Devil Monday, August 24 2009.

• Edited a quotation: “"TheThe global village is deteriorating at a rapid pace, and in the children of the world the result is rage. It is the rage I saw in the eyes of the teenage Interahamwe militiamen in Rwanda, it is the rage I sensed in the hearts of the children of Sierra Leone, it is the rage I felt in crowds of ordinary civilians in Rwanda, and it is the rage that resulted in September 11. Human beings who have no rights, no security, no future, no hope and no means to survive are a desperate group who will do desperate things to take what they believe they need and deserve."deserve.”LGen. Romeo Dallaire
• Added a quotation: “This book is nothing more or less than 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.”LGen. Romeo Dallaire
• Added a quotation: “On the way back to the Force HQ, I felt that I had shaken hands with the devil. We had actually exchanged pleasantries. I had given him the opportunity to take pride in his disgusting work. I felt guilty of evil deeds myself since I had actually negotiated with him. My stomach was ripping me apart about whether I had done the right thing. - On meeting with the genocidaires”LGen. Romeo Dallaire

Vyrubova edited the characters of Shake Hands with the Devil Monday, August 24 2009.

• Changed the section title: Important People
• Added the description of LGen Romeo Dallaire: Author and commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda.
• marked the description of LGen Romeo Dallaire as not a spoiler

Vyrubova edited the table of contents of Shake Hands with the Devil Monday, August 24 2009.

• Preface
  Introduction
  1. My Father Told Me Three Things
  2. "Rwanda, thats in Africa isn't it?"
  3. "Check out Rwanda and you're in charge"
  4. Enemies Holding Hands
  5. The Clock is Ticking
  6. The First Milestones
  7. The Shadow Force
  8. Assassination and Ambush
  9. Easter Without a Resurrection fo Hope
  10. An Explosion at Kigali Airport
  11. To Go or To Stay?
  12. Lack of Resolution
  13. Accountants of the Slaughters
  14. The Turquoise Invasion
  15. Too Much, Too Late
  Conclusion
  Glossary of Names, Places and Terms
  Recommended Reading
  Index

Vyrubova edited the quotations of Shake Hands with the Devil Monday, August 24 2009.

• Added a quotation: “"The global village is deteriorating at a rapid pace, and in the children of the world the result is rage. It is the rage I saw in the eyes of the teenage Interahamwe militiamen in Rwanda, it is the rage I sensed in the hearts of the children of Sierra Leone, it is the rage I felt in crowds of ordinary civilians in Rwanda, and it is the rage that resulted in September 11. Human beings who have no rights, no security, no future, no hope and no means to survive are a desperate group who will do desperate things to take what they believe they need and deserve."”LGen. Romeo Dallaire

Timothy Gray approved Ousia’s request to change the contributors of Shake Hands with the Devil Sunday, August 9 2009.

• Edited a contributor: Rome?oRomeo Dallaire: (Primary Author)

Timothy Gray changed the title of Shake Hands with the Devil Sunday, August 9 2009.

Ousia edited the contributors of Shake Hands with the Devil Friday, July 31 2009.

• Edited a contributor: Rome?oRomeo Dallaire: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the description of Shake Hands with the Devil Friday, July 31 2009.

• 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, naivete, racism and international politics. His message is simple and undeniable: "Never again." When Lt-Gen. Romeo 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. Woven through the story of this disastrous mission is Dallaire's 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's 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'd 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's dirty wars.