Review of « Roméo Dallaire, Shake Hands with the Devil, The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, New York, Carrol & Graf Publishers, 2003, 562 p. »
(2007) Cahiers de Sciences politiques de l’ULg — (2007)
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- Researching the “genocide-relationships-triangle”, one side is usually left in the shadows, that is the side of the bystanders. Although some scholars as Martha Minow advocate an enlarged focus on the entirety of the “genocide-relationships-triangle”, the literature concentrates mainly on the relationship(s) between the perpetrators and the victims. In April 1994, Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire, the United Nations Organization (U.N.O.) Canadian Force Commander, eye witnessed the murder of 800,000 Rwandans and thus entered the “genocide-relationships-triangle”. In Shake Hands with the Devil, we experience a genocide through the glasses of a ‘privileged’ – “a privilege that quickly became a curse” – bystander burdened with a sentiment of guilt, suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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Reuchamps, M. (2007). Review of « Roméo Dallaire, Shake Hands with the Devil, The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, New York, Carrol & Graf Publishers, 2003, 562 p. ». Cahiers de Sciences politiques de l’ULg. Published. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/59915 (Original work published 2007)