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 The 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. The world's indifference allowed mass murder / Milton Leitenberg The U.S. government missed many chances to stop the killings / Samantha Power The UN Peacekeeping Force proved inadequate / Linda Melvern The 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, and Augustin Nshimiyimana.
