A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide

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history book non-fiction book political science book

"A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide" is Samantha Power’s Pulitzer Prize–winning examination of U.S. responses to genocides in the 20th century and the political, moral, and bureaucratic forces that shaped them.

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A Problem from Hell	1
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instanceOf	history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ political science book ⓘ
aimsTo	analyze why the U.S. failed to stop genocides ⓘ encourage stronger international action against genocide ⓘ
author	Samantha Power ⓘ
awarded	Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction ⓘ surface form: Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
awardYear	2003 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coversEvent	Armenian Genocide ⓘ surface form: Armenian genocide Bosnian War ⓘ surface form: Bosnian genocide Khmer Rouge ⓘ surface form: Cambodian genocide Holocaust ⓘ Iraqi campaign against the Kurds ⓘ 1994 Rwandan genocide ⓘ surface form: Rwandan genocide
discusses	GenocideConvention1948 ⓘ surface form: Genocide Convention U.S. domestic politics and genocide policy ⓘ United Nations responses to genocide ⓘ
examines	bureaucratic factors shaping U.S. responses to genocide ⓘ moral factors shaping U.S. responses to genocide ⓘ political factors shaping U.S. responses to genocide ⓘ
focusesOn	U.S. responses to 20th-century genocides ⓘ
genre	international relations ⓘ political history ⓘ
hasAlternateTitle	A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide ⓘ surface form: A Problem from Hell
hasISBN	9780465061518 ⓘ
influencedBy	Raphael Lemkin’s work on genocide ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	United States foreign policy ⓘ genocide ⓘ human rights ⓘ
notableConcept	U.S. reluctance to label atrocities as genocide ⓘ bureaucratic inertia in foreign policy ⓘ political costs of intervention ⓘ
pages	approximately 600 ⓘ
publicationDate	2002 ⓘ
publisher	Basic Books ⓘ
received	widespread critical acclaim ⓘ
setting	various countries affected by genocide ⓘ
structure	case-study based narrative ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	20th century ⓘ
usedAs	reference in human rights scholarship ⓘ

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