5.0

A magnetic, chilling and intimate account of one of the most barbaric atrocities in history. A genocide of as many 1,000,000 Rwandans, carried out by their fellow Rwandans, and largely delivered by machete, club and fist. Gourevitch unflinchingly details how the West not only stood by and watched, but went on to misguidedly aid the killers after the event. A devastating read, but told with remarkable skill and humanity.