With an introduction by Rory StewartWinner of the Guardian First Book award,a first-hand account one of the defining outrages of modern history.All at once,as it seemed,something we could have only imagined was upon us - and we could still only imagine it. This is what fascinates me most in existence: the peculiar necessity of imagining what is,in fact,real.In 1994,the Rwandan government orchestrated a campaign of extermination,in which everyone in the Hutu majority was called upon to murder everyone in the Tutsi minority. Close to a million people were slaughtered in a hundred days,and the rest of the world did nothing to stop it. A year later,Philip Gourevitch went to Rwanda to investigate the most unambiguous genocide since Hitler's war against the Jews.Hailed by the Guardian as one of the hundred greatest nonfiction books of all time,We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families is a first-hand account one of the defining outrages of modern history,an unforgettable anatomy of Rwanda's decimation. As riveting as it is moving,it is a profound reckoning with humanity's betrayal and its perseverance.
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781447275268Number of pages: 384Weight: 264 gDimensions: 198 x 130 x 24 mm
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I know few books,fiction or non-fiction,as compelling as Philip Gourevitch's account of the Rwandan genocideLike the greatest war reporters,Philip Gourevitch raises the human banner in hell's mouth...This volume establishes him as the peer of Michael Herr,there is no limit to what we may expect from himMagnificent,terrifying...Gourevitch's account is factual,unemotional - and utterly gut-wrenching...The great achievement of his book is that it allows us to imagine this unimaginable crime...and those who stood by,human beings allA sparkling jewel that shone no matter what angle you looked at it fromGourevitch constructs a powerful indictment against international inaction...In his meticulous journalistic reconstruction he drives home the point that this is a history like any other...It is also a stark rebuttal of those who have tried to separate what happened in Nazi Germany and what happened in central Africa half a century laterPhilip Gourevitch has written the book which is the key to these dramatic and terrifying events...Should be compulsory reading...for all UN officials involved in peace-keeping operations and humanitarian aid,from the Secretary General on down
Philip Gourevitch
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A politician,diplomat and award-winning writer,Rory Stewart is a current serving Member of Parliament,he is the author of The Places in Between (a New York Times bestseller,which describes his walk across Afghanistan in the winter of 2001-2002),Occupational Hazards (which describes his time as an administrator in Southern Iraq) andThe Marches.
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