Chasing the flame : Sergio Vieira de Mello and the fight to save the world / Samantha Power.
2008
D839.7.M45 P68 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
Chasing the flame : Sergio Vieira de Mello and the fight to save the world / Samantha Power.
Author
Power, Samantha.
ISBN
9781594201288
1594201285
1594201285
Publication Details
New York : Penguin Press, 2008.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 622 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
D839.7.M45 P68 2008
Alternate Call Number
15.59
Dewey Decimal Classification
341.4/8092 B
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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