@article{344833, author = {Power, Samantha.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/344833}, title = {Chasing the flame : Sergio Vieira de Mello and the fight to save the world /}, publisher = {Penguin Press,}, abstract = {Reveals Sergio Vieira de Mello's powerful legacy of humanity and ideological strength in the context of his troubleshooting attempts in Lebanon in the aftermath of Israel's 1982 invasion; in his taming of the Khmer Rouge and his repatriation of four-hundred-thousand Cambodian refugees in the early nineties; in his efforts to negotiate an end to the slaughter in Bosnia; in his struggle to nation-build in war-torn societies during his quasi-colonial governorships of Kosovo and East Timor; and through his tragic final posting as the UN representative in Baghdad, where he became the victim of the country's first-ever suicide bomb.}, recid = {344833}, pages = {xvi, 622 p., [16] p. of plates :}, address = {New York :}, year = {2008}, }