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To Catch a Dictator is a dramatic insider's account of the hunt for Hissène Habré, the former despot of Chad, and his momentous trial. The human rights lawyer Reed Brody recounts how he and an international team of investigators, legal experts, and victims went on a quest for justice.
List of contents
Foreword, by Jacqueline Moudeïna
Prologue
Part I. Hissène Habré, an "African Pinochet"1. Souleymane Guengueng
2. Hissène Habré
3. The Pinochet Precedent
4. A President Can Be Prosecuted
Part II. Building the Case5. Politics Enters the Picture
6. The Terror Files
7. A Grenade Attack
8. Justice Comes to Chad
9. A Banana Republic?
10. Reed Brody's Schedule
11. Habré Is Indicted, Again
12. The Caliph
13. A Senegalese Merchant
14. "Reed Bloody, a Hateful Jew"
15. Habrémania
16. Habrécadabra
17. The Trade Union of Heads of State
18. "On Behalf of Africa"
Part III. Building a Court19. Mr. X
20. La France
21. Panic in Chad
22. An "Insider" Witness
23. "Hope Is the Last Thing to Vanish"
24. A Bizarre Decision
25. Backlash
26. "A Political and Legal Soap Opera"
27. "Hurricane Mimi"
28. "President Habré Has Been Kidnapped"
29. A Trial in Chad
Part IV. The Trial of Hissène Habré30. Two Heart Attacks
31. Round One to Habré
32. "You Will Be Tried Whether You Like It or Not"
33. "From the Victims I Ask for Forgiveness"
34. Khadidja Tells Her Secret
35. The Man Who Runs Faster Than Death
36. Souleymane Testifies
37. The Verdict Is Announced
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Index
About the author
Reed Brody
Summary
To Catch a Dictator is a dramatic insider’s account of the hunt for Hissène Habré, the former despot of Chad, and his momentous trial. The human rights lawyer Reed Brody recounts how he and an international team of investigators, legal experts, and victims went on a quest for justice.
