The Lion, The Fox And The Eagle
by Carol Off /
2000 / English / EPUB
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In this riveting, original and explosive book, Carol Off explores
the failure of peacekeeping missions in Sarajevo and Rwanda, and
the international community's attempt to redeem itself by
prosecuting the people responsible for the genocides. Events turned
on the actions of two Canadian generals: the fox of the title,
Lewis MacKenzie, who commanded the UN forces in Bosnia for the
first crucial months of the conflict; and the lion, Romeo Dallaire,
who developed an interventionary plan that he believed would have
prevented the Rwandan genocide but was forced by the UN to stand by
while 800,000 people were slaughtered. The eagle is Louise Arbour,
a Canadian judge who became Chief Prosecutor for War Crimes in
Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
In this riveting, original and explosive book, Carol Off explores
the failure of peacekeeping missions in Sarajevo and Rwanda, and
the international community's attempt to redeem itself by
prosecuting the people responsible for the genocides. Events turned
on the actions of two Canadian generals: the fox of the title,
Lewis MacKenzie, who commanded the UN forces in Bosnia for the
first crucial months of the conflict; and the lion, Romeo Dallaire,
who developed an interventionary plan that he believed would have
prevented the Rwandan genocide but was forced by the UN to stand by
while 800,000 people were slaughtered. The eagle is Louise Arbour,
a Canadian judge who became Chief Prosecutor for War Crimes in
Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
This is a Greek drama in three acts: all three people made
decisions that affected the lives of millions. All three were
required, in the absence of proper guidelines, to rely on their own
moral compasses. Not only is
This is a Greek drama in three acts: all three people made
decisions that affected the lives of millions. All three were
required, in the absence of proper guidelines, to rely on their own
moral compasses. Not only isThe Lion, the Fox and the Eagle
The Lion, the Fox and the Eagle
a hard-hitting behind-the-scenes account of personal testing and
horrifying events, it is also a call to arms to reinvent the
peacekeepers' mission, to find the will and the means to prevent
future genocides.
a hard-hitting behind-the-scenes account of personal testing and
horrifying events, it is also a call to arms to reinvent the
peacekeepers' mission, to find the will and the means to prevent
future genocides.
