Invisible Injuries: Romeo Dallaire

In this piercing memoir, retired general and former senator Roméo Dallaire delves deep into his life since the Rwandan genocide.

   

Roméo Dallaire, traumatized by witnessing the Rwandan genocide, reflects in these pages on the nature of PTSD, the impact of that deep wound on his life since 1994 and on how he motivates himself and others to humanitarian work despite his constant struggle. Though he had been a leader in peace and in war at all levels up to deputy commander of the Canadian Army, his PTSD led to his medical dismissal from the Canadian Forces in April 2000, a blow that almost killed him. But he crawled out of the hole he fell into after he had to take off the uniform, and he has been inspiring people to give their all to multiple missions ever since. (From the publisher