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#37012 in Books Samantha Power 2013-12-24 2013-12-24Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x 1.63 x 6.13l; 1.74 #File Name: 0465061516656 pagesA Problem from Hell
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. This Book Will Change the Way You See the WorldBy Claude ForthommeBrilliantly written; it moves readers to tears and...exasperation with an unjust and profoundly cruel; senseless world. Everyone is thinking of covering their back; the focus here is on how America has disengaged itself; but in fact; America is not the only one; Europeans share in this disgraceful race. The Age of Genocide is here; and our whole culture focused on the defense of national sovereignty isn't about to open itself up to a more merciful and generous vision of the world (as is presently seen in the way the West is refusing to accept refugees from war-ravaged countries like Syria and Afghanistan and so many others)Books such as this one are deeply important - possibly reflecting the last gasps of a dying liberal culture. Or perhaps not; if many people read this - and this book will open their eyes; how could it not? - then all hope for a change for the better might not be lost. Warmly recommended.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. superbBy mbThis is a great book. Well written; clear; and readable. But be prepared to be very sad; very angry; and very ashamed. Following a very detailed a useful history of the delineation of the idea of genocide and its entrance into law; Power traces genocides. Jews; Armenians; Cambodians; Bosnians; Rwandans - and the self serving moral cowardice; political pandering; and narrow understanding of 'interests' that made the international community and its power brokers do nothing until many people were dead. For anyone working on Syria or watching this conflict unfold; although not a genocide as such; it feels like deja vu all over again as you read this book.Strongly recommend it.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Excellent reference. . . with a pinch of salt.By Walter B ReedGreat book; providing accounts of Mass Atrocity/Genocide throughout the world occurring after the Nazi Holocaust.Very informative but disturbing book. Excellent reference and very easy to read. Doesn't take in to account American national interests and critical of US hesitancy with regards to military involvement in foreign affairs (at times appropriately so. . .)Would love to see a sequel after the author's completion of her tenure as the Ambassador to the United Nations.
