Dark Threats and White Knights: The Somalia Affair, Peacekeeping, and the New Imperialism

by Sherene H. Razack

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802086632
• ISBN13: 9780802086631
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher