{"product_id":"a-problem-from-hell-america-and-the-age-of-genocide-9780465061518","title":"A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom former UN Ambassador and author of the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003ci\u003e The Education of an Idealist Samantha Power\u003c\/i\u003e, the Pulitzer Prize-winning book on America's repeated failure to stop genocides around the world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In her prizewinning examination of the last century of American history, Samantha Power asks the haunting question: Why do American leaders who vow \"never again\" repeatedly fail to stop genocide? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Power, a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and the former US Ambassador to the United Nations, draws upon exclusive interviews with Washington's top policymakers, thousands of declassified documents, and her own reporting from modern killing fields to provide the answer. \u003ci\u003e\"A Problem from Hell\" \u003c\/i\u003eshows how decent Americans inside and outside government refused to get involved despite chilling warnings, and tells the stories of the courageous Americans who risked their careers and lives in an effort to get the United States to act. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A modern classic and \"an angry, brilliant, fiercely useful, absolutely essential book\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003e\"A Problem from Hell\"\u003c\/i\u003e has forever reshaped debates about American foreign policy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Raphael Lemkin Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamantha Power\u003c\/b\u003e, the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the William D. Zabel Professor of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law School, served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017 and was previously Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and the Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the National Security Council. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She was the founding executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and is also the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Education of an Idealist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSergio: One Man's Fight to Save the World\u003c\/i\u003e and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Power is a former Balkan war correspondent and a recipient of the National Magazine Award and the Pulitzer Prize, among numerous other honors. She has been named by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the world's 100 Most Influential People and by \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613597700370,"sku":"9780465061518","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_71f8df7d-25ef-4ca3-aa75-db4769deb5ee.jpg?v=1732410638","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-problem-from-hell-america-and-the-age-of-genocide-9780465061518","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}