A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
 

A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide

by Samantha Power

During the three years (1993-1996) Samantha Power spent covering the grisly events in Bosnia and Srebrenica, she became increasingly frustrated with how little the United States was willing to do to counteract the genocide occurring there. After much research, she discovered a pattern: "The United States had never in its history intervened to stop genocide and had in fact rarely even made a... (read more)

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Kristen B
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This is a very upsetting, yet passionate book. It includes a lot of information, but remains easy to read and follow. I think this should be read in high school history classes.

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Peach
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In “A Problem From Hell”: America and the Age of Genocide, Power investigates cases of genocide and attempted genocide since World War II. These include Cambodia, Iraq, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Kosovo. Oddly, though I lived through many of these historical events, her accounts of them placed them in an entirely different light.

Like many Americans, when I look at conflicts in other parts of the world I am less likely to be outraged by “genocide” than to believe that these are deep...

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