Power, Samantha.
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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MELLO, SERGIO VIERIA DE POWPower, Samantha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2002
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Summary: Pulitzer Prize winning humanitarian Samantha Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?" In this memoir, Power transports us from her childhood in Dublin to the streets of war-torn Bosnia to the White House Situation Room and the world of high-stakes diplomacy. In 2005, her critiques of U.S. foreign policy caught the eye of newly elected senator Barack Obama, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B POWER POWSummary: With his provocative question, 'why is the killing of a million a lesser crime than the killing of an individual?' Raphael Lemkin changed the course of history. An extraordinary testament to one man's perseverance, this examines the life and legacy of the Polish-Jewish lawyer and linguist who coined the term genocide.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2015