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A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power
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fractaltexan's review
challenging
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.75
Now, this was a book that I consider a must-read.
It was a very heavy book, I will not lie, and Samantha Power works well at discussing how the United States has repeatedly failed to respond in a timely, and effective manner, to numerous Genocidal moments since the end of World War II.
Giving us a much-needed history of the origin of Genocide as a term via Raphael Lemkin, Power offers us a new way to understand just how badly the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust led to the need for a new word.
Power devotes nearly half of the examples to the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, with extensive Chapters on Bosnia, Srebrenica, and Kosovo, and these are prime examples for use. She also devotes other chapters to Iraq leading up to the Gulf War, Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, and Rwanda. And she discusses the ways in which, in some cases, the United States opted to side with the perpetrators of Genocide such as in the case of the Khmer Rouge and Iraq; both largely due to American Political/Economic interests.
This is not a book that will leave you feeling good, but I believe this is a book that is a must read for History lovers, those who are in International Relations, or those who wish to broaden their understanding of Genocide, and America's role in not stopping it.
It was a very heavy book, I will not lie, and Samantha Power works well at discussing how the United States has repeatedly failed to respond in a timely, and effective manner, to numerous Genocidal moments since the end of World War II.
Giving us a much-needed history of the origin of Genocide as a term via Raphael Lemkin, Power offers us a new way to understand just how badly the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust led to the need for a new word.
Power devotes nearly half of the examples to the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, with extensive Chapters on Bosnia, Srebrenica, and Kosovo, and these are prime examples for use. She also devotes other chapters to Iraq leading up to the Gulf War, Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, and Rwanda. And she discusses the ways in which, in some cases, the United States opted to side with the perpetrators of Genocide such as in the case of the Khmer Rouge and Iraq; both largely due to American Political/Economic interests.
This is not a book that will leave you feeling good, but I believe this is a book that is a must read for History lovers, those who are in International Relations, or those who wish to broaden their understanding of Genocide, and America's role in not stopping it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Deportation, Death, Child death, and Antisemitism
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