First published 2021
Rwanda, January 1994. UN General Roméo Dallaire sees the signs clearly. Tensions between Hutus and Tutsis will explode into unprecedented bloodshed within thirty-six hours unless the UN acts immediately. He sends desperate warnings to the international community, but world leaders refuse to take responsibility. Dallaire faces an impossible choice between military protocol and moral duty. Speaking out against injustice within your own organization demands superhuman courage. Few people find that strength because loyalty and the need for belonging prove stronger than conscience. Dallaire must watch helplessly as one of the twentieth century's cruelest conflicts unfolds before his eyes. Van Iperen tells this story with breathtaking intensity, forcing both herself and readers to confront uncomfortable truths about complicity and moral courage.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, military-history, political-thriller, africa
Vibes: dark, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: moral-dilemma, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Rwanda, United Nations
Period: 1994
64 pages · Paperback · Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek
Content warnings: violence