April 2004 marked the tenth anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide, making this publication both timely and important. It uncovers a side of that terrible story largely hidden from public view. Shake Hands with the Devil is an intensely personal account, written by the head of the UN mission before and during the slaughter.
Informed that he was being posted to Rwanda, Lt General Dallaire remembers that the only information he had about the country was a photocopied page from an encyclopaedia. As commander of UN…