A brave, unforgettable first-hand account of the Rwandan genocide by a man almost literally haunted by the dead and by the spectre of his mission’s failure. Marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of this horrific event, this model includes a fresh take note from Roméo Dallaire.

Providing in Rwanda in 1993, LGen. Roméo Dallaire and his little peacekeeping force discovered themselves abandoned from the UN within a vortex of civil war and genocide. With meagre resources to stem the killing, General Dallaire was witness towards the murder of 800,000 Rwandans in a hundred days, and came back home broken, disillusioned and suicidal. Shake Hands using the Devil can be his return to Rwanda: a searing reserve that is both an eyewitness account of the failing of humanity to avoid the genocide, as well as the tale of General Dallaire’s very own struggle to look for a measure of peace, reconciliation and wish.