From bloodshed to hope in Burundi : our embassy years during genocide / Robert and Kathleen Tobin Krueger ; foreword by Desmond Tutu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krueger, Robert, 1935-

Contributor:

Krueger, Kathleen Tobin, 1958-

Series:

Focus on American history series.

Focus on American history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Krueger, Robert, 1935-.

Krueger, Robert.

Krueger, Kathleen Tobin, 1958-.

Krueger, Kathleen Tobin.

Massacres--Burundi.

Massacres.

Ambassadors--Burundi--Biography.

Ambassadors.

Ambassadors--United States--Biography.

Burundi--History--1993-.

Burundi.

Burundi--Ethnic relations.

United States--Foreign relations--Burundi.

United States.

Burundi--Foreign relations--United States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 308 p. : ill. (some col.).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1994, while nations everywhere stood idly by, 800,000 people were slaughtered in eight weeks in Rwanda. Arriving as U.S. Ambassador to neighboring Burundi a few weeks later, Bob Krueger began drawing international attention to the genocide also proceeding in Burundi, where he sought to minimize the killing and to preserve its fledgling democratic government from destruction by its own army. From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi is a compelling eyewitness account of both a horrific and persistent genocide and of the ongoing efforts of many courageous individuals to build a more just society. Krueger and his wife Kathleen graphically document the slaughter occurring all around them, as well as their repeated efforts to get the U.S. government and the international community to take notice and take action. Bob Krueger reconstructs the events of the military coup that precipitated the Burundi genocide and describes his efforts to uncover the truth by digging up graves and interviewing survivors. In straightforward and powerful language, Kathleen Krueger recounts her family's experience living amid civil war, including when she faced down a dozen AK-47-wielding African soldiers to save the life of a household worker. From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi shines a piercing light on a genocide that has gone largely unreported, and identifies those responsible for it. It also offers hope that as the truth emerges and the perpetrators are brought to account, the people of Burundi will at last achieve peace and reconciliation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Contributor

Preface

Acknowledgments

Some Notes on the Text

1. The Coup: Burundi’s Army Kills Its President

2. Burundi’s Tortured History, Its Champion of Democracy, and Its Legacy of Assassination

3. From Washington to Burundi

4. The Embassy and the Countryside: Massacres Explored

5. Government at a Standstill

6. Christmas in Bujumbura: Grenades, Gunfire, and Curfew

7. Quiet Heroes

8. No White Hats for the Rwandan Patriotic Army

9. Telling the Truth Draws Threats of Assassination

10. Democracy Eaten Away: The Crocodile Is Never Satisfied

11. The Standoff

12. A Life of Contrast

13. The Convent and the Camp

14. Burundi at War and at Peace, and from the Sk y

15. The Dark Curtain: A Family Divided

16. Gasorwe: Hundreds Massacred and a Reporter Murdered

17. Vortex of Violence

18. Ambushed on a Mountain Road

19. Interlude: Three Missionaries

20. Ep iphany: Going Home

21. Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-293) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79496-7

OCLC:

183881831