Samantha Power

Broschiertes Buch

The Education of an Idealist

Beschreibung

What can one person do? At a time of division and upheaval, Samantha Power offers an urgent response to this question and calls for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives. The Education of an Idealistcombines gripping storytelling, vivid character portraits and deep political insight.

Autor

Samantha Power is a leading global voice on human rights and international affairs. She served for four years as President Barack Obama's human rights adviser and then, from 2013 to 2017, in his Cabinet and as US Ambassador to the United Nations. Power is the author of several books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'A Problem From Hell': America and the Age of Genocide, and has been named one of TIME's '100 Most Influential People' and one of Forbes' '100 Most Powerful Women'. Currently a professor of practice at Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School, she lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Cass Sunstein, and their two children. Power immigrated to the United States from Ireland at the age of nine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 173829
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 191mm x 130mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780008274924
• ISBN-10: 0008274924
• Artikelnr.: 58804055

Rezensionen

“This is a wonderful book....The interweaving of Power's personal story, family story, diplomatic history and moral arguments is executed seamlessly-and with unblinking honesty.”
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, The New York Times Book Review