Name: The Education of an Idealist von Samantha Power
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The Education of an Idealist Zusammenfassung

The Education of an Idealist Samantha Power

'Her highly personal and reflective memoir ... is a must-read for anyone who cares about our role in a changing world' Barack Obama THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR

'What can one person do?' In this vibrant, galvanizing memoir, human rights advocate and Pulitzer-Prize winning writer Samantha Power offers an urgent response to this question.

As she traces her path from Irish immigrant to war correspondent and activist to eventually becoming the youngest-ever US Ambassador to the United Nations, Power writes with a unique blend of suspenseful storytelling, vivid character portraits and disarming honesty.

Her account illuminates the challenges of navigating the halls of power while trying to put one's ideals into practice (and raise two young children along the way), and it shows how - even in the face of daunting challenges - each of us can make a difference.

The Education of an Idealist Bewertungen

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

AN IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER

AN OBAMA FAVOURITE BOOK OF 2019

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2019

AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019

A TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019

'Her highly personal and reflective memoir ... is a must-read for anyone who cares about our role in a changing world.'
Barack Obama

'Samantha Power's book is honest, personal, revealing. It is about the development of a young woman's inner strength and self-knowledge. But it is also a political book, alert to both the power of political will and its limitations.'
Colm Toibin

'It's a profound, heart wrenching, uplifting, and emotional journey through her life and what she's seen; starting in her youth in Ireland, and taking us through places like Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda, Sudan, and eventually the White House ... All while navigating war zones and political culture as a woman and eventually a mother.'
Sophia Bush

'An unusually engaging political memoir...Power is an excellent storyteller, with a deft touch with anecdotes and a nice sense of humour.'
Times Literary Supplement

'Refreshingly frank and self-deprecating ... An energizing reminder that conscience has a place in the process of shaping foreign policy.'
TIME Magazine

'Uniquely personal and absorbing ... A riveting fly-on-the wall insight.'
Irish Times

'A wonderful book ... The interweaving of Power's personal story, family story, diplomatic history and moral arguments is executed seamlessly - and with unblinking honesty.'
New York Times Book Review

'Engaging ... Power's memoir is an insider's account of foreign-policy-making, and an intensely personal one.'
Economist

'Lively ... And strikingly personal ...[Power] writes vividly and lucidly here about her turn in the international spotlight.'
Vogue

Über Samantha Power

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.

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Sku

GOR010097334

ISBN 13

9780008274917

ISBN 10

0008274916

Titel

The Education of an Idealist Samantha Power

Autor

Samantha Power

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Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

HarperCollins Publishers

Datum

2019-09-10

Anzahl der Seiten

592

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