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TheAb5traktion t1_j2y6tvl wrote

Reply to comment by kewlbeanz83 in Rwanda report: France ‘complicit’ in 1994 genocide | Human Rights News by Character-Rabbit-127

And read the book the documentary is based on.

Shake Hands With The Devil was written by General Romeo Dallaire, who was the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda. The documentary is based on the book and him.

Another good book to read is We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families by Philip Gourevitch.

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AchillesFoundation t1_j2ya469 wrote

Second reading this book. It is very thorough in documenting the role many nations had in allowing things to spiral into genocide, and just how much effort was put in to trying to head it off.

Of course, fair warning it's not for the faint of heart. There aren't many books that I can say "changed me" in some clearly identifiable way, and that was one of them. Such a failure of humanity in so many ways.

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