“As a study of leadership, it ranks with the very best. As an analysis of how to respond to the struggles of the new era in which we find ourselves, it is the defining work for our generation.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin
“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
“A stirring portrait of courage and tenaciously pragmatic idealism.”—Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down and Killing Pablo
“Surely the life and death of Sergio Vieira de Mello is a good place to begin a serious debate about the proper way to manage world order in the future.” —Francis Fukuyama, The New York Times Book Review
“The strength of the book lies in Power’s use of Vieira de Mello’s life (and death) as a well-placed window on the international community’s successes and failures. . . . An ambitious effort . . . [that] succeeds brilliantly.” —James Mann, The Washington Post
“Her book [has] the dramatic quality of a leaked memo. . . . Sergio Vieira de Mello, with his flaws and heroism, represents us at our best and at our most helpless.” —Paul Berman, Slate
“[A] detailed and sympathetic biography. . . . Thoughtful.” —The Economist
“Power presents a fiercely precise, extraordinary dramatic biography. . . . Strongly argued, lacerating, and utterly human, this invaluable history will be the catalyst for soul searching and debate.” —Booklist
“Power’s writing is . . . excellent, and the story is told with forceful analysis and an open mind.” —Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“As a study of leadership, it ranks with the very best. As an analysis of how to respond to the struggles of the new era in which we find ourselves, it is the defining work for our generation.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin
“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
“A stirring portrait of courage and tenaciously pragmatic idealism.”—Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down and Killing Pablo
“Surely the life and death of Sergio Vieira de Mello is a good place to begin a serious debate about the proper way to manage world order in the future.” —Francis Fukuyama, The New York Times Book Review
“The strength of the book lies in Power’s use of Vieira de Mello’s life (and death) as a well-placed window on the international community’s successes and failures. . . . An ambitious effort . . . [that] succeeds brilliantly.” —James Mann, The Washington Post
“Her book [has] the dramatic quality of a leaked memo. . . . Sergio Vieira de Mello, with his flaws and heroism, represents us at our best and at our most helpless.” —Paul Berman, Slate
“[A] detailed and sympathetic biography. . . . Thoughtful.” —The Economist
“Power presents a fiercely precise, extraordinary dramatic biography. . . . Strongly argued, lacerating, and utterly human, this invaluable history will be the catalyst for soul searching and debate.” —Booklist
“Power’s writing is . . . excellent, and the story is told with forceful analysis and an open mind.” —Seattle Post-Intelligencer