Bibliograph

Chasing the flame, Sergio Vieira de Mello and the fight to save the world, Samantha Power

Type

Label

Chasing the flame, Sergio Vieira de Mello and the fight to save the world, Samantha Power

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chasing the flame

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Samantha Power

Sub title

Sergio Vieira de Mello and the fight to save the world

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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