The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir

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The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir is Samantha Power’s autobiographical account tracing her journey from immigrant and war correspondent to U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, exploring the challenges of pursuing human rights and moral leadership in foreign policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
memoir
author Samantha Power
awardReceived 2019 Book of the Year (Foreign Policy magazine, staff list)
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describesEvent Bosnian War
Obama administration foreign policy
1994 Rwandan genocide
surface form: Rwandan genocide
describesRole U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
academic
human rights advocate
war correspondent
exploresTheme bureaucratic constraints in diplomacy
idealism versus realism in foreign policy
immigrant experience
limits of American power
responsibility to protect
work–life balance in public service
genre autobiography
non-fiction
political memoir
hasNotableFigure Barack Obama
Hillary Clinton
Susan Rice
language English
mainSubject Samantha Power
U.S. foreign policy
United Nations
diplomacy
genocide prevention
human rights
moral leadership
mediaType audiobook
ebook
print
narrator Samantha Power
notableFor insider account of U.S. diplomacy at the United Nations
reflection on the practice of humanitarian intervention
publicationDate 2019
publisher Dey Street Books
setting Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ireland
Rwanda
Sudan
United Nations Headquarters
United States of America
surface form: United States
timePeriodCovered early 21st century
late 20th century

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Samantha Power notableWork The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir