A Problem from Hell, (Paperback)

from Patrick311

I read this book so long ago (was it actually 2005...good lord) that I can't say much about it. I remember being pretty moved by it, and that it changed my mind about the Clinton presidency. Highly recommended for those interested in foreign relations, human history, and the immense suffering we ...

from TheAmpersand

There are, I suspect, a lot of people out there who'd accuse Samantha Power of taking an excessively negative view of American foreign policy. Of course, I also suspect that most of those people would never sit down with "A Problem from Hell" in the first place, to say nothing of getting through ...

from patl

Ugh. Deep journalism and sledgehammer history. If you want to see America's (lack of) response over and over and over again to genocide across the globe, read this one. It's not easy to read because it's not a pretty picture.

from iausas

I read this book shortly after its 2/02 publication and it was so powerful that I was hell-bent on the US just once taking out a dictator. This led to my initial support of what later became our very misguided misadventure in Iraq. I was wrong about Iraq. The US simply didn't know how to do it ri...

from J.v.d.A.

Read this and be prepared to feel very very angry. Ample demonstration of the utter hypocrisy of American foreign policy and that nation's willingness to condemn thousands to death, through inaction, when it suits American interests. A great, powerful and important book.