In this work of social history, Power examines how, since the Holocaust, Americans have very rarely marshalled their might to stop genocide and mass terror. Indeed, she shows how the US response to recent genocides bears resemblance to the American response to reports of Hitler's Final Solution.[...]
Sergio Vieira de Mello - a humanitarian, peacemaker and state builder - was at centre of the most significant geopolitical crises of the last half-century. Born in 1948, just as the post-World War II order was taking shape, he died in a terrorist attack on UN headquarters in Iraq in 2003 as the batt[...]
In this perfect match of author and subject, Pulitzer Prize-winner Samantha Power tackles the life of Sergio Vieira de Mello, whose work for the U.N. before his 2003 death in Iraq was emblematic of moral struggle on the global stage. Power has drawn on a staggering breadth of research (including 400[...]
From the Armenian Genocide to the ethnic cleansings of Kosovo and Darfur, modern history is haunted by acts of brutal violence. Yet American leaders who vow "never again" repeatedly fail to stop genocide. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, "A Problem From Hell" [...]
Alla älskar vi att ströva omkring i naturen runt oss - på stranden, i skogen eller kanske bara i den egna trädgården. Och med jämna mellanrum stöter vi på någon växt, ett kryp eller djur vi inte riktigt känner igen.
Vår populära handboksserie i fickformat, Lilla fälthandboken,[...]