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