Witness to Genocide

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
General Romeo Dallaire served as the head of the UN peacekeeping force during the Rwandan genocide. In Shake Hands with the Devil, he describes the horrors he witnessed, his struggles to get help from the world community, and his personal battle with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Events: General Romeo Dallaire will be appearing on:
Wednesday, January 19th at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble, Astor Place

Music: Soundtrack to Meet Joe Black, music by Thomas Newman: "A Frequent Thing"

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