Table of Contents

• Foreword by Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Some Notes on the Text
• Chapter 1. The Coup: Burundi's Army Kills Its President
• Chapter 2. Burundi's Tortured History, Its Champion of Democracy, and Its Legacy of Assassination
• Chapter 3. From Washington to Burundi
• Chapter 4. The Embassy and the Countryside: Massacres Explored
• Chapter 5. Government at a Standstill
• Chapter 6. Christmas in Bujumbura: Grenades, Gunfire, and Curfew
• Chapter 7. Quiet Heroes
• Chapter 8. No White Hats for the Rwandan Patriotic Army
• Chapter 9. Telling the Truth Draws Threats of Assassination
• Chapter 10. Democracy Eaten Away: The Crocodile Is Never Satisfied
• Chapter 11. The Standoff
• Chapter 12. A Life of Contrast
• Chapter 13. The Convent and the Camp
• Chapter 14. Burundi at War and at Peace, and from the Sky
• Chapter 15. The Dark Curtain: A Family Divided
• Chapter 16. Gasorwe: Hundreds Massacred and a Reporter Murdered
• Chapter 17. Vortex of Violence
• Chapter 18. Ambushed on a Mountain Road
• Chapter 19. Interlude: Three Missionaries
• Chapter 20. Epiphany: Going Home
• Chapter 21. Conclusion
• Notes
• Index

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A compelling eyewitness account of a genocide that the international community largely ignored, as well as the ongoing efforts to build a more just society in Burundi

About the Author

Robert Krueger (1935–2022)  served as a U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, U.S. Ambassador on three occasions, and Special Representative of the U.S. Secretary of State.

Kathleen Tobin Krueger's humanitarian and civic involvement spans the globe. She currently serves on the City Council of New Braunfels, Texas, where the Kruegers reside.