Romeo Dallaire Chapter Summary
A Canadian Lieutenant General, Romeo Dallaire has made a great contribution into the peace-keeping mission and International human rights movement. Being an experienced solder Dallaire did everything to protect human’s rights and resist to the world coalition of false “peacemakers” who did nothing to help people in Rwanda during the genocide period.
Romeo Dallaire was born in 1946 in Holland. He spent his early years in Montréal and joined the Canadian Army in 1964. Further, Dallaire graduated from the Royal Millitary
College and the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, and the British Higher
Command and Staff Course (Melvern, 2004). Romeo Dallaire became well known during
Rwanda mission in late 1993. His actions and strategic thinking shown in Rwanda, contrasted …show more content…
Also, Dallaire was made an Officer of the Legion of Marit of the USA. He worked as a Special Advisor to the
Canadian Government and took an active part in international agencies protecting Human
Rights and global peace, etc.
A book “Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda” written by Dallaire changed greatly people’s understanding of the events occurred ten years ago, and as the most important this book allows people around the world to know the truth about this war. Dallaire was able to reflect on the horror and use his own experiences to try to fix what is wrong in the world. The main contribution of Dallaire to the world is his analysis of the causes and outcome, and conclusion of what went wrong. He puts unsparing blame on the circular failure of the UN: lack of support from member countries, especially the U.S and the
Security Council, which led to lack of respect for the UN, which then led to lack of support from member countries (Dallaire, 2003). Dallaire was called “an icon of Canada's pursuit of
Romeo Dallaire was born in 1946 in Holland. He spent his early years in Montréal and joined the Canadian Army in 1964. Further, Dallaire graduated from the Royal Millitary
College and the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, and the British Higher
Command and Staff Course (Melvern, 2004). Romeo Dallaire became well known during
Rwanda mission in late 1993. His actions and strategic thinking shown in Rwanda, contrasted …show more content…
Also, Dallaire was made an Officer of the Legion of Marit of the USA. He worked as a Special Advisor to the
Canadian Government and took an active part in international agencies protecting Human
Rights and global peace, etc.
A book “Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda” written by Dallaire changed greatly people’s understanding of the events occurred ten years ago, and as the most important this book allows people around the world to know the truth about this war. Dallaire was able to reflect on the horror and use his own experiences to try to fix what is wrong in the world. The main contribution of Dallaire to the world is his analysis of the causes and outcome, and conclusion of what went wrong. He puts unsparing blame on the circular failure of the UN: lack of support from member countries, especially the U.S and the
Security Council, which led to lack of respect for the UN, which then led to lack of support from member countries (Dallaire, 2003). Dallaire was called “an icon of Canada's pursuit of