Samantha Power
Auteur de "A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide
A propos de l'auteur
Samantha Power is the Anna Lindh Professor of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government
Œuvres de Samantha Power
Realizing Human Rights: Moving from Inspiration to Impact (2000) — Directeur de publication — 27 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
J'ai serré la main du diable : La faillite de l'humanité au Rwanda (2003) — Avant-propos — 1,699 exemplaires
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting… (2004) — Narrateur, quelques éditions — 720 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- POWER, Samantha
- Date de naissance
- 1970-09-21
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Ireland (birth)
USA (naturalized) - Lieu de naissance
- Dublin, Ireland
- Études
- Yale College
Harvard Law School - Professions
- diplomat
- Relations
- Sunstein, Cass R. (spouse)
- Organisations
- Harvard University
U.S. State Department
Membres
Critiques
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir par Samantha Power
Starting as a journalist and a writer, working her way up to counselor to a president then UN Ambassador and now Director of the US Agency for International Development, Samantha Power is to be admired. Her 'education' is thoughtful, incisive, dangerous, maddening and completely truthful.
Power calls genocide a problem from hell. Why do we as a nation, and a nation of politicians, look away when we see it happening, ignore its consequences, ignore and placate the monsters who perpetrate it? And what can be done about it? All questions explored in this work by a passionate explorer.
I had thought for many years I'd go into foreign service (took the exam, took a foreign language exam, won a Fulbright, won other fellowships to do international development, etc), and completing this memoir just confirmed I'm not cut out for it. I have grown into someone who is more aware of differences and recognizes we need to reach across the aisle. But the truth is that I need sleep.
The beginning moves slowly, and to be honest, I found the early parts of her time with the Obama administration boring. It gets a little more interesting during her second term.
… (plus d'informations)
The beginning moves slowly, and to be honest, I found the early parts of her time with the Obama administration boring. It gets a little more interesting during her second term.
… (plus d'informations)
I had thought for many years I'd go into foreign service (took the exam, took a foreign language exam, won a Fulbright, won other fellowships to do international development, etc), and completing this memoir just confirmed I'm not cut out for it. I have grown into someone who is more aware of differences and recognizes we need to reach across the aisle. But the truth is that I need sleep.
The beginning moves slowly, and to be honest, I found the early parts of her time with the Obama administration boring. It gets a little more interesting during her second term.
… (plus d'informations)
The beginning moves slowly, and to be honest, I found the early parts of her time with the Obama administration boring. It gets a little more interesting during her second term.
… (plus d'informations)
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