Contents -- Preface -- chapter One: A Conspiracy of Silence -- Open Secrets -- See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil -- Fear and Embarrassment -- The Heavy Sound of Silence -- chapter Two: The Rules of Denial -- Attention and Culture -- Learning to Ignore -- The Rules of Irrelevance -- Taboo -- Tact -- chapter Three: The Politics of Denial -- Attention and Power -- Mind Your Own Business -- Button Your Lip -- chapter Four: The Social Structure of Denial -- The Double Wall of Silence -- Denying the Denial -- Bystanders and Enablers -- Silence Like A Cancer Grows -- chapter Five: Breaking the Silence -- From Awareness to Acknowledgement -- Unveiling the Elephant -- Blind Eyes and Deaf Ears -- chapter Six: Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid -- Saving Face -- Don't Rock the Boat -- chapter Seven: The Trouble with Elephants -- The Ostrich and the Elephant -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.