From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi: Our Embassy Years during Genocide (Focus on American History Series,Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin)

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Contents......Page 12
Foreword......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 22
Some Notes on the Text......Page 24
ONE: The Coup: Burundi’s Army Kills Its President......Page 28
TWO: Burundi’s Tortured History, Its Champion of Democracy, and Its Legacy of Assassination......Page 49
THREE: From Washington to Burundi......Page 70
FOUR: The Embassy and the Countryside: Massacres Explored......Page 79
FIVE: Government at a Standstill......Page 98
SIX: Christmas in Bujumbura: Grenades, Gunfire, and Curfew......Page 104
SEVEN: Quiet Heroes......Page 114
EIGHT: No White Hats for the Rwandan Patriotic Army......Page 131
NINE: Telling the Truth Draws Threats of Assassination......Page 140
TEN: Democracy Eaten Away: The Crocodile Is Never Satisfied......Page 166
ELEVEN: The Standoff......Page 172
TWELVE: A Life of Contrast......Page 179
THIRTEEN: The Convent and the Camp......Page 185
FOURTEEN: Burundi at War and at Peace, and from the Sky......Page 194
FIFTEEN: The Dark Curtain: A Family Divided......Page 202
SIXTEEN: Gasorwe: Hundreds Massacred and a Reporter Murdered......Page 211
SEVENTEEN: Vortex of Violence......Page 231
EIGHTEEN: Ambushed on a Mountain Road......Page 255
NINETEEN: Interlude: Three Missionaries......Page 273
TWENTY: Epiphany: Going Home......Page 282
TWENTY-ONE: Conclusion......Page 293
Notes......Page 318
Index......Page 322