Ambassador robert krueger (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. 2007. Illustrated. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. xviii, [4], 308 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Notes. Index. Inscribed and dated by both authors on the front free endpaper. Inscription reads: To Jeri and Al, whose insight, judgment, & friendship we value highly. Best wishes always, Bob & Kathleen, 4 Sept. 2007. Foreword by Desmond Tutu. Includes Preface, Acknowledgments, and Some Notes on the Text, Notes; and Index. Chapters cover The Coup: Burundi's Army Kills Its President; Burundi's Tortured History, Its Champion of Democracy, and Its Legacy of Assassination; From Washington to Burundi; The Embassy and the Countryside: Massacres Explored; Government at a Standstill; Christmas in Bujumbura: Grenades, Gunfire, and Curfew; Quiet Heroes; No White Hats fro the Rwandan Patriotic Army; Telling the Truth Draws Threats of Assassination; Democracy Eaten Away: The Crocodile Is Never Satisfied; The Standoff; A Life of Contrast; The Convent and the Camp; Burundi at War and at Peace, and From the Sky; The Dark Curtain; A family Divided; Gasorwe: Hundreds Massacred and a Reporter Murdered; Vortex of Violence; Ambushed on a Mountain Road; Interlude: Three Missionaries; Epiphany: Going Home; Conclusion. 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. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing.…