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A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
by Samantha Power
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Awards
2003 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction
2003 J. Anthony Lukas Prize for nonfiction
2002 National Book Critics Circle Award for general nonfiction
2003 J. Anthony Lukas Prize for nonfiction
2002 National Book Critics Circle Award for general nonfiction
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
A Problem from Hell is a path-breaking interrogation of the last century of American history. Samantha Power poses a question that haunts our nation's past: Why do American leaders who vow "never again" repeatedly fail to marhsal the will and the might to stop genocide? She provides the answer in the form of the suspenseful story of courageous individuals who risked their careers and lives in an effort to get the United States to act. Drawing upon exclusive interviews with Washington's top policymakers, access to thousands of pages of newly declassified documents, and her own reporting from the modern killing fields, Power shows how those who urged U.S. action were thwarted again and again by ignorance, indifference, and, above all, a failure of imagination.
Review:
"Nothing less than a masterwork of contemporary journalism....Extraordinary....An angry, brilliant, fiercely useful, absolutely essential book." The New Republic
Review:
"The emotional force of Power's argument is carried by moving, sometimes almost unbearable stories of the victims and survivors of such brutality....This is a well-researched and powerful study that is both a history and a call to action." Publishers Weekly
Review:
"A well-reasoned argument for the moral necessity of halting genocide wherever it occurs, and an unpleasant reminder of our role in enabling it, however unwittingly." Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis:
In this pathbreaking interrogation of the last century of American history, Samantha Power draws upon declassified cables, private papers, exclusive interviews with Washington's top policy-makers, and her own reporting from the modern killing fields to tell the story of American indifference and American courage in the face of the worst massacres of the 20"th" century.
Power shows how and why Americans have rarely marshaled their might to stop genocide. She tells the suspenseful story of those who risked their careers and lives in an effort to get the U.S. to live up to the promise of "never again." By paying particular attention to the last 30 years of world carnage, Power shows how the lessons of the Holocaust can co-exist with an American diplomatic and military policy of inaction. "A Problem from Hell" makes a riveting case for why, as both great power and global citizen, we must renew our vigilance against genocide.
Synopsis:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [583]-597) and index.
Synopsis:
“ Avoids partisan finger-pointing and is a clarion call for America to remain an engaged moral power.”
About the Author
Samantha Power teaches human rights and U.S. foreign policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she was the founding executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. From 1993 to 1996 Power reported on the wars in the former Yugoslavia for the Boston Globe, The Economist,and The New Republic: Moving from Inspiration to Impact.Born in 1970, Power immigrated to the United States from Ireland at the age of nine. She is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School, and she lives in Winthrop, Massachusetts.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780060541644
- Subtitle:
- America and the Age of Genocide
- Author:
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Harper Perennial
- Location:
- New York
- Subject:
- History
- Subject:
- United states
- Subject:
- United States - 20th Century
- Subject:
- Holocaust
- Subject:
- Demography
- Subject:
- Political History
- Subject:
- Genocide
- Subject:
- Political Freedom & Security - International Secur
- Copyright:
- 2002
- Edition Number:
- 1st Perennial ed.
- Edition Description:
- Perennial
- Series Volume:
- III
- Publication Date:
- 20030501
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 656
- Dimensions:
- 7.88x6.40x1.17 in. 1.11 lbs.
