Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power, widely known as a relentless advocate for promoting human rights, has been heralded by President Barack Obama as one of America's "foremost thinkers on foreign policy."
In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?"―and a call for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our ...
Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power, widely known as a relentless advocate for promoting human rights, has been heralded by President Barack Obama as one of America's "foremost thinkers on foreign policy."
In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?"―and a call for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives. The Education of an Idealist traces Power’s distinctly American journey from immigrant to war correspondent to presidential Cabinet official. In 2005, her critiques of US foreign policy caught the eye of newly elected senator Barack Obama, who invited her to work with him on Capitol Hill and then on his presidential campaign. After Obama was elected president, Power went from being an activist outsider to a government insider, navigating the halls of power while trying to put her ideals into practice. She served for four years as Obama’s human rights adviser, and in 2013, he named her US Ambassador to the United Nations, the youngest American to assume the role.
A Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, Power transports us from her childhood in Dublin to the streets of war-torn Bosnia to the White House Situation Room and the world of high-stakes diplomacy. Humorous and deeply honest, The Education of an Idealist lays bare the searing battles and defining moments of her life and shows how she juggled the demands of a 24/7 national security job with the challenge of raising two young children. Along the way, she illuminates the intricacies of politics and geopolitics, reminding us how the United States can lead in the world, and why we each have the opportunity to advance the cause of human dignity. Power’s memoir is an unforgettable account of the power of idealism―and of one person’s fierce determination to make a difference.
作者简介
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Samantha Power is the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and the William D. Zabel Professor of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law School. From 2013 to 2017, Power served in the Cabinet of President Barack Obama and as US Ambassador to the United Nations. From 2009 to 2013, Power worked on the National Secur...
Samantha Power is the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and the William D. Zabel Professor of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law School. From 2013 to 2017, Power served in the Cabinet of President Barack Obama and as US Ambassador to the United Nations. From 2009 to 2013, Power worked on the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights. Power’s book “A Problem from Hell”: America and the Age of Genocide won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003. She is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Sergio: One Man’s Fight to Save the World. Power began her career as a journalist reporting from countries including Bosnia, East Timor, Rwanda, and Sudan, and she has been named by TIME as one of the world’s 100 Most Influential People and by Forbes as one of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. She immigrated to the United States from Ireland as a child, and lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Cass Sunstein, and their two children.
What is the most powerful weapon the Bosnian Serb extremists have? " Fred asked me and the other interns one day on a visit to Washington. Their siege, he answered, explaining, "If we can find a way to restore water, they can still shoot people, but the city will not surrender We will foil their plans and give the Bosnians the time to muster the means to fight back.”
Fred's plan was audacious in the extreme. He planned to smuggle water pumps and other large machinery past the Bosnian Serb gunners and then jury-rig a vast water purification plant inside a Sarajevo tunnel, where it would be shielded from Serb fire. If the plan worked, Fred said, 120,000 gallons of water would flow, gving a third of the city residents water around the clock. (查看原文)
The man before me was outwardly the same person I had worked for with since 2005. But everything about his manner seemed altered what had just happened. He had always been a solitary person, but now, even as he and the future First Lady made their way down the line in a seamless communion. he seemed well and truly alone.
It was as if he had been suddenly encased in a glass box, the only man in the world who would be President of the United States. He alone would make the call on when to go to war, and, more immediately, he alone would be responsible for saving a US economy that was in free fall (查看原文)
Power is an exceptional writer, but the book has serious blindspots. This is written as a personal memoir, taking you from Ms Power's childhood in Ireland, her journey to America, her involvement as a war reporter in Bosnia, and her eventual transformation ...
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0 有用 NoNo 2021-12-19 09:26:14
虽然明白自传都是作者本人的一面之词，但这本书所表达的「家国大义」也还是很动人。从战乱国记者到奥巴马背后幕僚再到联合国大使，这一路走来，除了一颗必不可少的赤子之心，她的这份机遇更是可遇不可求。 不难看出她对🇨🇳的负面态度，虽说不难理解（出于human rights及本国利益相关），但这总归不是好事，叹气。另外，虽然以她的外交身份来讲是合理的，但书里有好几处我还是忍不住大翻白眼：比如埃博拉的结束根本不... 虽然明白自传都是作者本人的一面之词，但这本书所表达的「家国大义」也还是很动人。从战乱国记者到奥巴马背后幕僚再到联合国大使，这一路走来，除了一颗必不可少的赤子之心，她的这份机遇更是可遇不可求。 不难看出她对🇨🇳的负面态度，虽说不难理解（出于human rights及本国利益相关），但这总归不是好事，叹气。另外，虽然以她的外交身份来讲是合理的，但书里有好几处我还是忍不住大翻白眼：比如埃博拉的结束根本不是所谓科学的胜利，用她的话那都要归功于美国科学家，但是哪怕就连科学家都承认是病毒自己神秘消失的，人类从未战胜过它—所以你看现在人类的好运气不就到头了吗（摊手 (展开)
2 有用 空山驿马 2020-08-22 18:27:40
Deeply moved.
0 有用 Ann 2021-02-14 03:44:46
其实是因为她是cass sustain的妻子才感兴趣的，非常喜欢开头她小时候在爱尔兰的故事和退下来之后的事情。中间太多international politics倒是不乏味，尤其我们最近在看west wing所以还挺相关的，但是感觉故事都是她一面之词，把自己讲得太好了。另外从书中看出她对中国的态度不大好。现在她又上任了。
0 有用 香槟塔 2020-08-06 00:31:03
中规中矩，没想到Power的童年还有如此曲折，A Problem From Hell在我的kindle里还停在38%，应该快点读完。
0 有用 gulunmu 2020-03-29 06:36:39
I specially read the parts about her service in Obama's administration. So far I feet attached to the reading.
0 有用 北极nonfiction 2022-01-03 10:32:12
作者年少成长和个人家庭的生活经历部分描写的更动情，进了白宫和联合国以后发生的历史事件本来读者就有所了解，可以看出她非常欣赏奥巴马，至少她能承认叙利亚事件上奥巴马的失误。很多人说理想主义者在政治里走不远，或许真的是这样吧。后半部分写的略无趣。
0 有用 NoNo 2021-12-19 09:26:14
虽然明白自传都是作者本人的一面之词，但这本书所表达的「家国大义」也还是很动人。从战乱国记者到奥巴马背后幕僚再到联合国大使，这一路走来，除了一颗必不可少的赤子之心，她的这份机遇更是可遇不可求。 不难看出她对🇨🇳的负面态度，虽说不难理解（出于human rights及本国利益相关），但这总归不是好事，叹气。另外，虽然以她的外交身份来讲是合理的，但书里有好几处我还是忍不住大翻白眼：比如埃博拉的结束根本不... 虽然明白自传都是作者本人的一面之词，但这本书所表达的「家国大义」也还是很动人。从战乱国记者到奥巴马背后幕僚再到联合国大使，这一路走来，除了一颗必不可少的赤子之心，她的这份机遇更是可遇不可求。 不难看出她对🇨🇳的负面态度，虽说不难理解（出于human rights及本国利益相关），但这总归不是好事，叹气。另外，虽然以她的外交身份来讲是合理的，但书里有好几处我还是忍不住大翻白眼：比如埃博拉的结束根本不是所谓科学的胜利，用她的话那都要归功于美国科学家，但是哪怕就连科学家都承认是病毒自己神秘消失的，人类从未战胜过它—所以你看现在人类的好运气不就到头了吗（摊手 (展开)
0 有用 anjatoto 2021-10-24 13:33:02
喜欢她描写给Obama打工和在un工作那段时间 事情很残忍 驻un大使们也很好笑 I can feel the magic storytelling 这本书不能出版中文 是我们的损失（她对中国的态度是完全政治/外交/本国利益角度 所以不喜欢不要看
0 有用 背锅侠铁罐罐 2021-07-09 18:45:43
态度不可谓不诚恳，文笔也是非虚构类写作里我很喜欢的平实利落风格，作者本人的人格我不知道用高尚来形容是否合适，至少她是好人，是比我好得多的人。即便如此，书里也散落着一些会让我想要尖叫"sit your lily-white ass down"的片段。
0 有用 Ann 2021-02-14 03:44:46
其实是因为她是cass sustain的妻子才感兴趣的，非常喜欢开头她小时候在爱尔兰的故事和退下来之后的事情。中间太多international politics倒是不乏味，尤其我们最近在看west wing所以还挺相关的，但是感觉故事都是她一面之词，把自己讲得太好了。另外从书中看出她对中国的态度不大好。现在她又上任了。