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| Genre/Form: | Autobiographies |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Ebook version : |
| Named Person: | Samantha Power; Samantha Power |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Samantha Power |
| ISBN: | 9780008274900 0008274908 9780008274917 0008274916 |
| OCLC Number: | 1089506035 |
| Description: | xii, 580 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | Part one. Ireland -- America -- Loss -- Dignity -- Tank man -- Doers -- Risk -- Hearts of darkness -- "Tell Clinton" -- The secret to a long life -- "Go remember" -- "A problem from hell" -- Upstanders -- Going to Washington -- The bat cave -- Yes we can -- Monster -- Victory. Part two. No manual -- Can we go home now? -- April 24th -- Turnaround -- Toolbox -- Revolutions -- All necessary measures -- Let's pray they accomplish something -- One shot -- "Can't be both" -- The red line -- "Chemical weapons were used" -- When America sneezes -- Upside-down land -- Us and them -- Freedom from fear -- Lean on -- Toussaint -- The golden door -- Exit, voice, loyalty -- Shrink the change -- The end -- Afterword. |
| Responsibility: | Samantha Power. |
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER 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 'Power is a master storyteller'Independent (Ireland) 'Lively ... And strikingly personal ...[Power] writes vividly and lucidly here about her turn in the international spotlight.'Vogue Read more...
