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Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda | Romaeo Dallaire
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A Canadian general and former U.N. peacekeeper gives a first-person account of the genocide in Rwanda, telling how he and his men managed to rescue thousands of people despite the orgy of bloodletting that was erupting all around them.
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JennF13
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Certainly a difficult read at many points but something so worth reading. Well written and so very unique - almost everyone deserted Rwanda so of course there aren‘t any other books out there quite like this one!! Aside from a great book, it also makes me very proud to be Canadian.

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Suet624 This sounds intense! 5y
ShelleyBooksie I've wanted to read this for years 5y
Itchyfeetreader @ShelleyBooksie not an easy read but incredibly powerful. 5y
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1. Shake hands with the devil
2. Westerns
3. 3 cats. Io, Kells, Lainey
4. 1.3ish million, i think.

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drokka This is such a tough read. 🙏 7y
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I was shunned not for who I was but for who I was assumed to be

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TheKidUpstairs

#bookishconfession

I totally creep on people who stop by my Little Free Library.

I live in a small town with a large retired population, so the visitors skew towards an older crowd.

I just had my first teenage visitor. He was there for a while, looking through the selection. Ended up with Romeo Dallaire's memoir Shake Hands with the Devil. Kudos to him for being willing to dive into such difficult material.

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GoneFishing

I know there is a God because in Rwanda I shook hands with the devil. I have seen him, I have smelled him and I have touched him. I know the devil exists and therefore I know there is a God.