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Print version ISSN 0042-9686     Caring after conflict
Senator Roméo Dallaire commanded the UN Assistance Mission for
Rwanda in 1994. He spoke to Ben Jones about helping combatants
after conflict, child soldiers and why writing his books meant
"going back to hell".  Q: How has armed conflict changed and
what effect do these cha nges have on the mental health of
soldiers?  A: We have stumbled into a new era of conflict.
Rather than a hiatus in the use of force, we have seen a
continuum of failing states and imploding nations, massive human
rights abuses and, at the same time, this calls for the use of
force or for the military to act in a completely different
scenario. It is not about fighting an army in oppo