Research Catalog

Title

Waiting for first light : my ongoing battle with PTSD / Roméo Dallaire ; with Jessica Dee Humphreys.

Author

Dallaire, Roméo

Publication

Toronto : Random House Canada, [2016]

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Humphreys, Jessica Dee

Description

xvii, 185 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"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."--

Alternative Title

• My ongoing battle with PTSD
• My ongoing battle with post-traumatic stress disorder

Subject

• Dallaire, Roméo
• Dallaire, Roméo > Mental health
• Post-traumatic stress disorder > Patients > Canada > Biography
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Genre/Form

Personal Narrative

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 9780345814432
• 0345814436

OCLC

940933208

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library