The Education of an Idealist

'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

About the author

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.

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: Samantha Power, Power Samantha
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780008274917
• ISBN: 978-0-00-827491-7
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 233 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, Memoirs, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, 21st Century, c 2000 to c 2009, Diplomacy, United States of America, USA, Human rights, civil rights, c 2010 to c 2019, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs