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"[Power's] absorbing, heartfelt, and remarkably candid memoir [...] offers essential lessons to anyone aspiring to follow in her footsteps in shaping the world for the better." #8212; MADELEINE ALBRIGHT Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power, widely known as a relentless advocate for promoting human rights, has been heralded by President Barack Obama as one of America's "foremost thinkers on foreign policy." In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?"#8212;and a call for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives. The Education of an Idealist traces Power's distinctly American journey from immigrant to war correspondent to presidential Cabinet official. In 2005, her critiques of US 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 name

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Author

Samantha Power

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062820716

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Biography, Memoir

Rating

4 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24