From the Book - Regular Print - First edition.
ch. 1. Historical background on the Rwandan genocide. An overview of the Rwandan genocide / Timothy Longman --
Before the genocide began, the perpetrators had French support / Alex Duval Smith --
U.S. government debated a response / Congress of the United States Subcommittee on Africa of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, White House Office of the Press Secretary, Bill Clinton --
American support came for UN prosecutions / Madeleine K. Albright --
An African investigation found that world powers failed / The International Panel of Eminent Personalities to Investigate the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda and the surrounding events --
Rwandans coexisted warily while awaiting justice after the genocide / Elizabeth Neuffer --
ch. 2. Controversies surrounding the Rwandan genocide. World's indifference allowed mass murder / Milton Leitenberg --
U.S. government missed many chances to stop the killings / Samantha Power --
UN Peacekeeping Force proved inadequate / Linda Melvern --
Leader of the UN Peacekeeping Mission explains why it failed / Roméo Dallaire --
Some Church leaders did what they could to help the innocent / Marie Césarie Mukarwego --
Catholic Church leaders made matters worse / Tom Ndahiro --
Women were active participants in the slaughter / Derek Summerfield --
Accusing children of participating in the genocide raised legal and moral issues / Judith Matloff --
Another genocide could happen anytime / Jonathan Curiel --
ch. 3. Personal narratives. Struggling as the only surgeon in Kigali / John Sundin --
A prominent woman escapes death / Monique Mujawamariya, interviewed by Armande Saint-Jean --
Trapped in the genocide, a reporter learns much about trust / Lindsey Hilsum --
A Rwandan woman endures years as a refugee / Marie Béatrice Umutesi --
Rwandan children tell how they escaped / Julienne Kampogo, Delphone Uwituze, Augustin Nshimiyimana.