LEADER 04777nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910806213503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-79496-7 024 7 $a10.7560/714861 035 $a(CKB)1000000000479651 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000158620 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11164056 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158620 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10145551 035 $a(PQKB)10332859 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3571703 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3571703 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10245658 035 $a(OCoLC)183881831 035 $a(DE-B1597)587068 035 $a(OCoLC)1280944453 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292794962 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000479651 100 $a20061213d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom bloodshed to hope in Burundi $eour embassy years during genocide /$fRobert and Kathleen Tobin Krueger ; foreword by Desmond Tutu 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2007 215 $axviii, 308 p. $cill. (some col.) 225 1 $aFocus on American history series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71486-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [291]-293) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tContributor -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tSome Notes on the Text -- $t1. The Coup: Burundi?s Army Kills Its President -- $t2. Burundi?s Tortured History, Its Champion of Democracy, and Its Legacy of Assassination -- $t3. From Washington to Burundi -- $t4. The Embassy and the Countryside: Massacres Explored -- $t5. Government at a Standstill -- $t6. Christmas in Bujumbura: Grenades, Gunfire, and Curfew -- $t7. Quiet Heroes -- $t8. No White Hats for the Rwandan Patriotic Army -- $t9. Telling the Truth Draws Threats of Assassination -- $t10. Democracy Eaten Away: The Crocodile Is Never Satisfied -- $t11. The Standoff -- $t12. A Life of Contrast -- $t13. The Convent and the Camp -- $t14. Burundi at War and at Peace, and from the Sk y -- $t15. The Dark Curtain: A Family Divided -- $t16. Gasorwe: Hundreds Massacred and a Reporter Murdered -- $t17. Vortex of Violence -- $t18. Ambushed on a Mountain Road -- $t19. Interlude: Three Missionaries -- $t20. Ep iphany: Going Home -- $t21. Conclusion -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 1994, while nations everywhere stood idly by, 800,000 people were slaughtered in eight weeks in Rwanda. Arriving as U.S. Ambassador to neighboring Burundi a few weeks later, Bob Krueger began drawing international attention to the genocide also proceeding in Burundi, where he sought to minimize the killing and to preserve its fledgling democratic government from destruction by its own army. From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi is a compelling eyewitness account of both a horrific and persistent genocide and of the ongoing efforts of many courageous individuals to build a more just society. Krueger and his wife Kathleen graphically document the slaughter occurring all around them, as well as their repeated efforts to get the U.S. government and the international community to take notice and take action. Bob Krueger reconstructs the events of the military coup that precipitated the Burundi genocide and describes his efforts to uncover the truth by digging up graves and interviewing survivors. In straightforward and powerful language, Kathleen Krueger recounts her family's experience living amid civil war, including when she faced down a dozen AK-47-wielding African soldiers to save the life of a household worker. From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi shines a piercing light on a genocide that has gone largely unreported, and identifies those responsible for it. It also offers hope that as the truth emerges and the perpetrators are brought to account, the people of Burundi will at last achieve peace and reconciliation. 410 0$aFocus on American history series. 606 $aMassacres$zBurundi 606 $aAmbassadors$zBurundi$vBiography 606 $aAmbassadors$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aBurundi$xHistory$y1993- 607 $aBurundi$xEthnic relations 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zBurundi 607 $aBurundi$xForeign relations$zUnited States 615 0$aMassacres 615 0$aAmbassadors 615 0$aAmbassadors 676 $a967.57204 700 $aKrueger$b Robert$f1935-$01713948 701 $aKrueger$b Kathleen Tobin$f1958-$01713949 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806213503321 996 $aFrom bloodshed to hope in Burundi$94107330 997 $aUNINA