A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genoci

“This is a moving account of how millions of lives were lost.” (Former Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell (D-Maine) )“A serious and compelling work... should be read by policy makers everywhere.” (Paul M. Kennedy, Dilworth Professor of History and Director, International Security Studies, Yale University )“Brilliantly conceived, superbly researched, mixing passion and erudition--it must be placed in the ‘must read’ category.” (Denver Post )“A superb analysis of the US government’s evident unwillingness to intervene in ethnic slaughter…” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review) )“An angry, brilliant, fiercely useful, absolutely essential book.” (The New Republic )“[A Problem From Hell] challenges our conscience and should influence what we do in the future.’’ (Lawrence H. Summers, President, Harvard University )“Compelling…Power leads her readers on a long and often gut-wrenching journey…. Power’s book raises vital questions.” (Reason )“The emotional force of Power’s argument is carried by moving, sometimes almost unbearable stories of the victims and survivors.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review) )“Bracing...Power [is] the new conscience of the U.S. foreign-policy establishment.” (Time magazine )“Power writes with an admirable mix of erudition and passion... focuses fiercely on the human costs of indifference and passivity....” (Stanley Hoffmann, Buttenwieser University Professor, Harvard University )“Samantha Power has written one of those rare books that is truly as important as its subject.” (Philip Gourevitch, We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda )“[Power] is one of the most striking talents to emerge in the human rights field in a long time.” (Aryeh Neier, founder of Human Rights Watch )“One of those rare books that can change one’s thinking...very painful reading, but it has to be read.’’ (Former UN Ambassador Richard Holbrooke )“A history of our country that has never before been told... it should change the way we see America..” (Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II )“Agonizingly persuasive.” (New York Review of Books )“Avoids partisan finger-pointing [and] is a clarion call for America to remain an engaged moral power.” (Weekly Standard )“Forceful… Power tells this long, sorry history with great clarity and vividness.” (Washington Post )“Disturbing...engaging and well written…will likely become the standard text on genocide prevention.” (Foreign Affairs )“Groundbreaking... Power elegantly makes her case.” (Newark Star Ledger )“Magisterial.” (The New Yorker )“A damning indictment of American passivity in the face of some of history’s worse crimes. (Newsweek International )