Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. PUBLISHER'S NOTE VII
4. CHAPTER I. BACKGROUND 1
5. CHAPTER II. AUTHOR OF THE CRISIS 16
6. CHAPTER III. PREMIER IN CHAINS 34
7. CHAPTER IV. PREPARATION FOR INDEPENDENCE 63
8. CHAPTER V. INDEPENDENCE CONFERENCE 74
9. CHAPTER VI. THE GREAT BETRAYAL 87
10. CHAPTER VII. OUR FEARS 109
11. CHAPTER VIII. AFTERMATH OF TALKS 124
12. CHAPTER IX. THE TRAGEDY OF THABA-BOSIU 142
13. CHAPTER X. THE SUICIDE CLAUSE 150
14. CHAPTER XI. POST-INDEPENDENCE ELECTIONS 171
15. CHAPTER XII. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS 193
16. CHAPTER XIII. EMERGENCY DECLARED 207
17. CHAPTER XIV. GAGGING THE PRESS 226
18. CHAPTER XV. THE KING IS MALIGNED 233
19. CHAPTER XVI. THE REIGN OF TERROR 262
20. CHAPTER XVII. THE CHURCH SPEAKS OUT 292
21. CHAPTER XVIII.33 POLITICAL LEADERS TALK 299
22. ADDENDUM. THE CHURCH SPEAKS OUT (continued) 336
23. APPENDIX A. GENEALOGY OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF MOSHOESHOE 338
24. APPENDIX B. RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL REPORT OF 1963 340
25. INDEX 342