top of page
Please Sign InClose
Email or User Name:
Password:
Forgot your password?
Remember me on this computer
Please register with Shopping.com.
Share your opinions and help others make informed buying decisions.Close
Email Address:
User Name:(4-14 characters.)
Password:(At least 7 characters, different than username.)
Verify password:
Verification code:

By clicking on the button below, you agree to the Shopping.com User Agreement and Privacy Policy.


Sign me up to receive Shopping.com's great deals and promotions.

Thank You  for registering at Shopping.comClose
The confirmation message has been resent to your inbox.
 
Please check your email account below to activate your membership:


No email yet?
Forgot PasswordClose
Your temporary password has been resent to your inbox.
 
A temporary password has been sent to your email. Once you sign in, please visit your member profile page to change your password.

No email yet?

Please enter the email address you used to register your account. If you can't remember your email, please contact customer service at support@shopping.com.
Email Address:
Clicking on "Submit" will reset your password. A temporary password will be sent to the email you enter above.
 
Advertisement
Philip Gourevitch - We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda Books

Philip Gourevitch - We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

Overall Rating: 5/5 stars   See 4 reviews  | Write a review
Information: Product details
Price Range: $4.00 - $30.00 at 5 stores
 

Product Review

How could this happen?

by   swamibear ,   Jan 4, 2000

Pros:  an important lesson

Cons:  a little wordy in parts

Overall Rating: 4/5 stars
 

Author's Review

In the course of a few months in 1994, nearly a million Rwandans were killed, and the U.S., Europe, and international community basically ignored it.

This is a powerful book about genocide--not a light topic, obviously, but an important one. How did this genocide happen? Well, there is no one answer, but the author, Philip Gourevitch, provides an excellent account of the rising tension in Rwanda and allows the reader to draw their own conclusions.

Before reading this book, I knew so little about Africa and the effects of European colonialism. Now I want to know a lot more. For instance, the terms "Hutu" and "Tutsi" had little tribal meaning to people living in Rwanda until Belgian colonizers showed up and started identifying the population--the taller, more "European" looking being called Tutsi, the shorter and more "African" called Hutu.

And it's shocking that the international community did nothing--except perhaps protect the murderers in U.N. sponsored camps. In addition, the
U. S. government had just bailed out of Somalia and was doing its best to dodge the situation by calling it a "civil war".

The best part of the book is its description of the aftermath. Unlike the Holocaust in Nazi Germany which caused a diaspora among Jews and Germans, the organizers and victims of Rwanda's genocide have now resettled back into their old villages next door to each other. It is unbelievable to imagine living down the street from the man who killed everyone in your family, but that's what day-to-day life in Rwanda has become.

I recommend this book to everyone as an important lesson in how little we as a global community have learned from the Holocaust. I think that the author could have streamlined some of his personal accounts of Rwanda, but overall it's a very readable book.

 

Compare stores & prices  |  All Philip Gourevitch - We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda reviews

 

Back to top

Stores and Prices

 
Audio - Compact Disc, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed...

Audio - Compact Disc, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed...

Get free shipping on orders over $25! (In stock)
Edition: Unabridged, Audio CD, Blackstone Audio Inc.
Amazon
Featured Store 3.5/5.0 store rating Trusted Store
 
FREE SHIPPING
at Amazon
See only offers from Amazon (2)
Paperback, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our F...

Paperback, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our F...

(In stock)
An unforgettable firsthand account of a people's response to genocide and what it tells us about humanity.This remarkable debut book chronicles what h...
HotBookSale
Featured Store
 
FREE SHIPPING
See only offers from HotBookSale (2)
Paperback, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our F...

Paperback, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our F...

Fantastic prices with ease & comfort of Amazon.com! (In stock)
Pages: 356, Paperback, Picador
Amazon Marketplace
Featured Store 3.0/5.0 store rating Trusted Store
 
See only offers from Amazon Marketplace (3)
 

Compare all 9 store offers

 
 
Sponsored Listings

All our Books are Free

hardbacks, paperbacks, textbooks all books are free. join now!
www.SwapTree.com

Advertisement
 
 
advertisement
 
 

Copyright © 2000-2009 Shopping.com