"A Problem from Hell"

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History/Current Events aA vivid and gripping work of American history____Power gives us a Washington that is vibrant, complex and refreshingly humán." -New York Times Book Review In her award-winning interrogation of the last century of American history, Samantha Power-a former Balkan war correspondent and founding executive director of Harvard's Carr Center for Humán Rights Policy-asks the haunting question: Why do American leaders who vow "never again" repeatedly fail to stop genocide? Drawing upon exclusive interviews with Washington's top policy makers, access to newly declassified documents, and her own reporting from the modern killing fields, Power provides the answer in "A Problem from Heir-a groundbreaking work that telis the stories of the courageous Americans who risked their careers and lives in an effort to get the United States to act. "[A] magisterial chronicle____Though clearly imbued with a sense of outrage, Power is judicious in her portraits of those who opposed... Tovább

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History/Current Events aA vivid and gripping work of American history____Power gives us a Washington that is vibrant, complex and refreshingly humán." -New York Times Book Review In her award-winning interrogation of the last century of American history, Samantha Power-a former Balkan war correspondent and founding executive director of Harvard's Carr Center for Humán Rights Policy-asks the haunting question: Why do American leaders who vow "never again" repeatedly fail to stop genocide? Drawing upon exclusive interviews with Washington's top policy makers, access to newly declassified documents, and her own reporting from the modern killing fields, Power provides the answer in "A Problem from Heir-a groundbreaking work that telis the stories of the courageous Americans who risked their careers and lives in an effort to get the United States to act. "[A] magisterial chronicle____Though clearly imbued with a sense of outrage, Power is judicious in her portraits of those who opposed intervention, keenly aware of the perils and costs of military action. Her indictment of U.S. policy is therefore all the more damning." -The New Yorker "A book brilliantly conceived, superbly researched, mixing passión and erudition-it must be placed in the 'must reád' category for both misanthropes and lovers of humanity, for isolationists and internationalists alike." -Denver Post Vissza