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050 00 RC552.P67 |bD35 2016
082 04 616.85/210092 |223
100 1  Dallaire, Roméo, |eauthor.
245 10 Waiting for first light : |bmy ongoing battle with PTSD / |cRomeo Dallaire with Jessica Dee Humphreys.
264  1 Toronto : |bRandom House Canada, |c2016.
300    xvii, 185 pages ; |c22 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
505 0  Preface -- "The many men, so beautiful!" -- "Alone, alone, all, all alone" -- "'Twas sad as could be" -- "I closed my lids, and kept them close" -- "Like one, that on a lonesome road" -- "A sadder, and a wiser man" -- Acknowledgements.
520    "At the heart of Waiting for First Light is a no-holds-barred self-portrait of a top political and military figure whose nights are invaded by despair, but who at first light faces the day with the renewed desire to make a difference in the world. Roméo Dallaire, traumatized by witnessing genocide on an imponderable scale in Rwanda, reflects in these pages on the nature of PTSD and 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 ending genocide to eradicating the use of child soldiers to revolutionizing officer training so that our soldiers can better deal with the muddy reality of modern conflict zones and to revolutionizing our thinking about the changing nature of conflict itself."-- |cProvided by publisher.
530    Issued also in electronic format.
591    Record updated by Marcive brief record update service 24 June 2024
599    Shelved at 49-5-7
600 10 Dallaire, Roméo.
600 10 Dallaire, Roméo |xMental health.
650  0 Post-traumatic stress disorder |xPatients |zCanada |vBiography.
650  2 Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic.
655  2 Personal Narrative.
655  7 Autobiographies. |2lcgft
700 1  Humphreys, Jessica Dee, |eauthor.
852 0   |breceiving |kShelved at 49-5-7