Rebecca W. (vizslalady) reviewed on 10/9/2008 + 169 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

Very powerful and disturbing book about the Rwandan genocide. The author spent 3 years traveling in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. He talked to people involved on both sides and also in the surrounding countries. He tells what happened to lead up to the genocide and also what happened in the following 3 years. It is chilling to know that even though we say "never again" when we talk about the Holocaust, the world stood by and allowed a genocide in Rwanda that was even more thorough. And afterwards the UN helped the perpetrators of the genocide, not victims! This book will greatly enhance your understanding of events in Rwanda in the 1990's. It will also make you question your own responsibility to "humanity".

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