Dark Threats and White Knights: The Somalia Affair, Peacekeeping, and the New Imperialism
By Sherene Razack.
Description
Somalia. March 4, 1993. Two Somalis are shot in the back by Canadian peacekeepers, one fatally.Barely two weeks later, sixteen-year-old Shidane Abukar Arone is tortured to death. Dozens of Canadian soldiers look on or know of the torture.The first reports of what became known in Canada as the Somalia Affair challenged national claims to a special expertise in peacekeeping and to a society free of racism. Today, however, despite a national inquiry into the deployment of troops to Somalia, what most Canadians are likely to associate with peacekeeping is the nation's glorious role as peac...
ISBN(s)
0802087086, 9780802087089
