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To stop a warlord : my story of justice, grace, and the fight for peace / Shannon Sedgwick Davis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2019]Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 322 pages, [16] pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780812995923
  • 0812995929
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Contents:
To stop a warlord -- Protection urgently needed -- Band-aids on bullet holes -- A thousand haystacks -- A mother's wish -- Makombo -- Training and communications -- The ones we were waiting for -- Black and white -- Zebras -- General Zia's river rafts -- Danger and grace -- Red zone -- Leather shoes and radios -- Iron lady from Texas -- Non-negotiables -- Al dente -- Impossible terms -- Drone -- Secrets -- In at half -- Impossible cause -- Use the force -- Operation Viper -- Flight manifest -- Camp Bondo -- Dance for Saint Jude -- Not in our interests -- Contact -- Kia -- Crocodiles and killer bees -- Father, daughter -- Horse laxatives -- Called out -- The sheriff -- Coined -- Lighthouse -- Otukene means grace -- Peanut butter and jelly sandwich -- Tracking White Ant -- Okema's teeth -- Binany's GPS -- Operation Merlin -- What is good -- Cut the snake off the head -- Odhiambo the butcher -- Blue-eyed Acholi -- Let your heart speak to you -- A son never forgets -- Brother, you are home -- Grace's sun -- He calls himself Ali -- Evil has taught me the most.
Summary: A respected human-rights advocate shares the story of her unconventional alliance with a Ugandan general to stop a warlord whose resistance army had displaced millions, conscripted tens of thousands of child soldiers, and killed over one hundred thousand people.Summary: "Human rights lawyer Shannon Sedgwick Davis runs the Bridgeway Foundation, whose stated mission is to end mass atrocities around the world. When she spoke to survivors of warlord Joseph Kony's brutal attacks across Central Africa, she knew she would fight to ensure every mother there had the right that she had, to sing their children to sleep at night and trust that they will be safe til morning. When nations had failed to shield families in danger, she'd come to hire a private army to protect them. Millions had been affected by the violence of the Lord's Resistance Army, led by Kony, including tens of thousands of children who had been abducted from their homes, swept into the jungles and forced to become child soldiers, never to be seen again. Guided by her faith and driven by her moral responsibility as an activist, Davis pushed tirelessly for intervention, using every contact she had in Washington, to the highest levels of the State Department--but since it wouldn't serve our national interests, the issue languished. Davis's efforts to report on the conflict and help survivors were valuable--but they were putting band-aids on bulletholes. Davis realized that to truly stand by Bridgeway's mission, they would have to become the ones they were waiting for. Davis knew she had to act, but this was uncharted territory and she feared that hiring a private army to stop the LRA might lead to more chaos. The decision weighed heavily on her heart, but when she spoke to her mentor Archbishop Desmond Tutu, he took her hand, and told her to put her fears to rest"-- Provided by publisher.
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One woman's inspiring true story of an unlikely alliance to stop the atrocities of a warlord, proving that there is no limit to what we can do, even in the face of unspeakable injustice and impossible odds

"This compelling and inspiring book beautifully moves each of us to take action to help the most vulnerable among us."--Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu

Late one night in the summer of 2010, Shannon Sedgwick Davis, a lawyer, human rights advocate, and Texas mom to two young boys, first met a Ugandan general to discuss an unconventional plan to stop Joseph Kony, a murderous warlord who'd terrorized communities in four countries across Central and East Africa.

For twenty-five years, Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army had killed over a hundred thousand people, displaced millions, and abducted tens of thousands of children, forcing them to become child soldiers. After Sedgwick Davis met with survivors and community leaders, aid workers and lawmakers, it was clear that the current international systems were failing to protect the most vulnerable. Guided by the strength of her beliefs and convictions, Sedgwick Davis knew she had to help other parents to have the same right she had--to go to sleep each night knowing that their children were safe.

But Sedgwick Davis had no roadmap for how to stop a violent armed group. She would soon step far outside the bounds of traditional philanthropy and activism and partner her human rights organization, the Bridgeway Foundation, with a South African private military contractor and a specialized unit within the Ugandan army. The experience would bring her to question everything she had previously believed about her role as a humanitarian, about the meaning of justice, and about the very nature of good and evil.

In To Stop a Warlord , Shannon Sedgwick Davis tells the story, for the first time, of the unprecedented collaboration she helped build with the aim of finally ending Joseph Kony's war--and the unforgettable journey on an unexpected path to peace. A powerful memoir that reads like a thriller, this is a story that asks us just how hard we would fight for what we believe in.

100 percent of the author's net proceeds from this book will go to organizations seeking justice and protection for civilians in conflict zones.

To stop a warlord -- Protection urgently needed -- Band-aids on bullet holes -- A thousand haystacks -- A mother's wish -- Makombo -- Training and communications -- The ones we were waiting for -- Black and white -- Zebras -- General Zia's river rafts -- Danger and grace -- Red zone -- Leather shoes and radios -- Iron lady from Texas -- Non-negotiables -- Al dente -- Impossible terms -- Drone -- Secrets -- In at half -- Impossible cause -- Use the force -- Operation Viper -- Flight manifest -- Camp Bondo -- Dance for Saint Jude -- Not in our interests -- Contact -- Kia -- Crocodiles and killer bees -- Father, daughter -- Horse laxatives -- Called out -- The sheriff -- Coined -- Lighthouse -- Otukene means grace -- Peanut butter and jelly sandwich -- Tracking White Ant -- Okema's teeth -- Binany's GPS -- Operation Merlin -- What is good -- Cut the snake off the head -- Odhiambo the butcher -- Blue-eyed Acholi -- Let your heart speak to you -- A son never forgets -- Brother, you are home -- Grace's sun -- He calls himself Ali -- Evil has taught me the most.

A respected human-rights advocate shares the story of her unconventional alliance with a Ugandan general to stop a warlord whose resistance army had displaced millions, conscripted tens of thousands of child soldiers, and killed over one hundred thousand people.

"Human rights lawyer Shannon Sedgwick Davis runs the Bridgeway Foundation, whose stated mission is to end mass atrocities around the world. When she spoke to survivors of warlord Joseph Kony's brutal attacks across Central Africa, she knew she would fight to ensure every mother there had the right that she had, to sing their children to sleep at night and trust that they will be safe til morning. When nations had failed to shield families in danger, she'd come to hire a private army to protect them. Millions had been affected by the violence of the Lord's Resistance Army, led by Kony, including tens of thousands of children who had been abducted from their homes, swept into the jungles and forced to become child soldiers, never to be seen again. Guided by her faith and driven by her moral responsibility as an activist, Davis pushed tirelessly for intervention, using every contact she had in Washington, to the highest levels of the State Department--but since it wouldn't serve our national interests, the issue languished. Davis's efforts to report on the conflict and help survivors were valuable--but they were putting band-aids on bulletholes. Davis realized that to truly stand by Bridgeway's mission, they would have to become the ones they were waiting for. Davis knew she had to act, but this was uncharted territory and she feared that hiring a private army to stop the LRA might lead to more chaos. The decision weighed heavily on her heart, but when she spoke to her mentor Archbishop Desmond Tutu, he took her hand, and told her to put her fears to rest"-- Provided by publisher.

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