Informationen zum Autor Samantha Power is the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and the William D. Zabel Professor of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law School. From 2013 to 2017! Power served in the Cabinet of President Barack Obama and as US Ambassador to the United Nations. From 2009 to 2013! Power worked on the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights. Power's book A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003. She is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Sergio: One Man's Fight to Save the World. Power began her career as a journalist reporting from countries including Bosnia! East Timor! Rwanda! and Sudan! and she has been named by TIME as one of the world's 100 Most Influential People and by Forbes as one of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. She immigrated to the United States from Ireland as a child! and lives in Massachusetts with her husband! Cass Sunstein! and their two children. Samantha Power is the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and the William D. Zabel Professor of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law School. From 2013 to 2017! Power served in the Cabinet of President Barack Obama and as US Ambassador to the United Nations. From 2009 to 2013! Power worked on the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights. Power's book A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003. She is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Sergio: One Man's Fight to Save the World. Power began her career as a journalist reporting from countries including Bosnia! East Timor! Rwanda! and Sudan! and she has been named by TIME as one of the world's 100 Most Influential People and by Forbes as one of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. She immigrated to the United States from Ireland as a child! and lives in Massachusetts with her husband! Cass Sunstein! and their two children. Zusammenfassung NEW YORK TIMES! WALL STREET JOURNAL ! AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER "A must-read for anyone who cares about our role in a changing world."-President Barack Obama "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 "Honest! personal! revealing? about the development of a young woman's inner strength and self-knowledge."-COLM TÓIBÍN! author of Brooklyn and Nora Webster "Truly engrossing."-RACHEL MADDOW An intimate! powerful! and galvanizing memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner! human rights advocate! and former UN Ambassador Samantha Power. In her memoir! Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?" and a call for a clearer eye! a kinder heart! and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives. The Education of an Idealist traces Power's distinctly American journey from immigrant to war correspondent to presidential Cabinet official. In 2005! her critiques of US foreign policy caught the eye of newly elected senator Barack Obama! who invited her to work with him on Capitol Hill and then on his presidential campaign. After Obama was elected president! Power went from being an activist outsider to a government insider! navigating the halls of power while trying to put her ideals into practice. She served for four years as Obama's human rights adviser! and in 2013! he named her US Ambassador to the United Nations! the youngest American to assume the...

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Samantha Power is a Professor of Practice at the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School. From 2013-2017, Power served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and a member of President Obama’s cabinet. From 2009-2013, Power served on the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights. Power began her career as a journalist, reporting from places such as Bosnia, East Timor, Kosovo, Rwanda, Sudan, and Zimbabwe, and she was the founding executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Kennedy School.  Power’s book, “A Problem from Hell”: America and the Age of Genocide won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003. She is also the author of the New York Times bestsellers Chasing the Flame: One Man’s* Fight to Save the World *(2008) and The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir (2019), which was named one of the best books of 2019 by the New York Times, Washington Post, Economist, NPR, **and TIME. Power earned a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. 

Samantha Power is a Professor of Practice at the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School. From 2013-2017, Power served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and a member of President Obama’s cabinet. From 2009-2013, Power served on the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights. Power began her career as a journalist, reporting from places such as Bosnia, East Timor, Kosovo, Rwanda, Sudan, and Zimbabwe, and she was the founding executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Kennedy School.  Power’s book, “A Problem from Hell”: America and the Age of Genocide won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003. She is also the author of the New York Times bestsellers Chasing the Flame: One Man’s* Fight to Save the World *(2008) and The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir (2019), which was named one of the best books of 2019 by the New York Times, Washington Post, Economist, NPR, **and TIME. Power earned a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. 

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NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER

A must-read for anyone who cares about our role in a changing world.President Barack Obama

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 

Honest, personal, revealing about the development of a young woman's inner strength and self-knowledge.COLM TÓIBÍN, author of Brooklyn and Nora Webster

Truly engrossing.RACHEL MADDOW

An intimate, powerful, and galvanizing memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner, human rights advocate, and former UN Ambassador Samantha Power.

In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?" and a call for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives. The Education of an Idealist traces Power's distinctly American journey from immigrant to war correspondent to presidential Cabinet official. In 2005, her critiques of US foreign policy caught the eye of newly elected senator Barack Obama, who invited her to work with him on Capitol Hill and then on his presidential campaign. After Obama was elected president, Power went from being an activist outsider to a government insider, navigating the halls of power while trying to put her ideals into practice. She served for four years as Obama's human rights adviser, and in 2013, he named her US Ambassador to the United Nations, the youngest American to assume the role.

Power transports us from her childhood in Dublin to the streets of war-torn Bosnia to the White House Situation Room and the world of high-stakes diplomacy. Humorous and deeply honest, The Education of an Idealist lays bare the searing battles and defining moments of her life and sh…