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100 1 $aPower, Samantha,$eauthor.
245 10 $aChasing the flame :$bone man's fight to save the world /$cSamantha Power.
264 1 $aNew York :$bPenguin Books,$c2008.
300 $axviii, 622 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, portraits ;$c21 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 542-591) and index.
520 $aReveals 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.
505 0 $aChronology -- Introduction -- Part I -- Displaced -- "I will never use the word 'unacceptable' again" -- Blood running blue -- Hitting the ground running -- "Black boxing" -- White car syndrome -- "Sandwiches at the gates" -- "Serbio" -- In retrospect -- Damned if you do -- Part II -- "Giving war a chance" -- Independence in action -- Viceroy -- Benevolent dictator -- Hoarding power, hoarding blame -- "A new Sergio" -- Part III -- "Fear is a bad adviser" -- "Don't ask who started the fire" -- "You can't help people from a distance" -- Rebuffed -- August 19, 2003 -- Postmortem -- Epilogue.
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