Description |
xvi, 622 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
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 -- "Giving War a Chance" -- Independence in Action -- Viceroy -- Benevolent Dictator -- Hoarding Power, Hoarding Blame -- "A New Sergio" -- "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. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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. |
Subject |
Mello, Sérgio Vieira de, 1948-2003.
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United Nations. High Commission for Human Rights.
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War relief.
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Peace-building.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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United Nations -- Biography.
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Diplomats -- Brazil -- Biography.
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ISBN |
9781594201288 |
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1594201285 |
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