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Scorched Earth: Peacekeeping in Timor during a campaign of death and destruction
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Tammy Pemper21 ratings, 4.29 average rating, 6 reviews
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“But daylight brought with it a wonder. None of us had expected to see it again. And as the darkness lost its intensity, the new beginning carried with it sounds of subdued Timorese chatter. I hadn’t realised I’d started counting survival in hours.”
― Scorched Earth: Peacekeeping in Timor during a campaign of death and destruction
― Scorched Earth: Peacekeeping in Timor during a campaign of death and destruction
“Two unwritten rules of peacekeeping existed.
You’d expect it would be easy to keep two rules, but I broke the first one.
I had to break it to allow myself to live the passion that drove and controlled me, that distinguished one decision from another and determined where I drew my lines. I broke the rule to remain human.”
― Scorched Earth: Peacekeeping in Timor during a campaign of death and destruction
You’d expect it would be easy to keep two rules, but I broke the first one.
I had to break it to allow myself to live the passion that drove and controlled me, that distinguished one decision from another and determined where I drew my lines. I broke the rule to remain human.”
― Scorched Earth: Peacekeeping in Timor during a campaign of death and destruction
