Sergio by Samantha Power

Sergio by Samantha Power

Now a Netflix biopic, with Narcos star Wagner Moura playing diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello.

The best way to understand today's messy world is to read about the inspiring life and diplomatic genius of Sergio Vieira de Mello. -Walter Isaacson

Originally published as Chasing the Flame.

Before his death in 2003 in Iraq's first major suicide bomb attack, Sergio Vieira de Mello--a humanitarian and peacemaker with the United Nations--placed himself at the center of the most significant geopolitical crises of the last half-century. He cut deals with the murderous Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, forcibly confronted genocidal killers from Rwanda, and used his intellect and charisma to try to tame militant extremists in Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Known as a cross between James Bond and Bobby Kennedy, Vieira de Mello managed to save lives in the world's most dangerous places, while also pressing the world's most powerful countries to join him in grappling with such urgent dilemmas as: When should killers be engaged, and when should they be shunned? When is military force justified? How can outsiders play a role in healing broken people and broken places? He did not have the luxury of merely posing these questions; Vieira de Mello had to find answers, apply them, and live with the consequences.

With Sergio, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Education of an Idealist Samantha Power offers a profile in courage and humanity--and an unforgettable meditation on how best to manage the deadly challenges of the twenty-first century.

Samantha Power, the Harvard Kennedy School's Anna Lindh Professor of Global Leadership and Public Affairs and the William D. He is the Zabel Professor of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law School, and he formerly served as the United States Attorney General. From 2013 to 2017, he served as the United States' ambassador to the United Nations, having previously served as President Barack Obama's Special Assistant and the National Security Council's Senior Director for International Affairs and Human Rights. She is the co-editor of The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World and the founding executive director of the Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. She is also the author of the New York Times bestseller memoir The Education of an Idealist and Sergio: One Man's Struggle to Save the World. Power is a former Balkan war correspondent who has won multiple awards, including the National Magazine Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Time magazine called her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, while Forbes named her one of the 100 most powerful women in the world.

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ISBN 13	9780143117773
ISBN 10	0143117777
Title	Sergio
Author	Samantha Power
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2020-04-14
Number of pages	656
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.