03581cam a2200469 i 4500 22783680 BJBSDDR 20250606132115.0 ta 220908s2019 nyua b 001 0aeng 2022303104 9780062820693 (hbk.) 0062820699 (hbk.) DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc n-us--- 002 E 901.1 P887e 2019 Power, Samantha, 1970- 33231 The education of an idealist : a memoir / Samantha Power. First edition. [Updated edition] New York, NY : Dey Street Books, an imprint of William Morrow, 2019. xii, 580 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Part one. Ireland -- America -- Loss -- Dignity -- Tank man -- Doers -- Risk -- Hearts of darkness -- "Tell Clinton" -- The secret to a long life -- "Go remember" -- "A problem from hell" -- Upstanders -- Going to Washington -- The bat cave -- Yes we can -- Monster -- Victory. Part two. No manual -- Can we go home now? -- April 24th -- Turnaround -- Toolbox -- Revolutions -- All necessary measures -- Let's pray they accomplish something -- One shot -- "Can't be both" -- The red line -- "Chemical weapons were used" -- When America sneezes -- Upside-down land -- Us and them -- Freedom from fear -- Lean on -- Toussaint -- The golden door -- Exit, voice, loyalty -- Shrink the change -- The end -- Afterword. Pulitzer Prize winning humanitarian Samantha Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?" In this memoir, Power transports us from her childhood in Dublin to the streets of war-torn Bosnia to the White House Situation Room and the world of high-stakes diplomacy. In 2005, her critiques of U.S. foreign policy caught the eye of newly elected senator Barack Obama, who invited her to work with him on Capitol Hill and then on his presidential campaign. After Obama was elected president, Power went from being an activist outsider to a government insider, navigating the halls of power while trying to put her ideals into practice. She served for four years as Obama's human rights adviser, and in 2013, he named her U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, the youngest American to assume the role. Power shows how she juggled the demands of a 24/7 national security job with the challenge of raising two young children. Along the way, she illuminates the intricacies of politics and geopolitics, reminding us how the United States can lead in the world, and why we each have the opportunity to advance the cause of human dignity. Power, Samantha, 1970- 33231 Obama, Barack Friends and associates. Obama, Barack, 1961- Amigos y asociados 2746 Ambassadors United States Biography. Embajadores Biografías Estados Unidos 509 Journalists Biography. Periodistas Estados Unidos Biografías 1394 Irish United States Biography. United States Foreign relations 2009-2017. Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores 2009-2017 73 0 ibc origcop 1 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 123783 123783 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2025-06-06 0 002 E 901.1 P887e 2019 00000192899 2025-06-06 00:00:00 1 2025-06-06 BK