Chasing The Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World

Samantha Power
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'Chasing the Flame' tells the life story of a remarkable man. Sergio Vieira de Mello was born in 1948, just as the post-World War II order was taking shape, and died in a terrorist attack on UN Headquarters in Iraq in 2003, just as the battle lines in the 21st century's great struggle were being drawn.
Genres: BiographyNonfictionHistoryPoliticsWarInternational RelationsBiography MemoirMemoirBrazilSocial
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