Looks persuasive, doesn't she?
Oh, honey.... You know I can never say to that face....
Ms. Power talked about her book A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, published by Basic Books. The book raises questions about why the United States has failed to stop genocide after it has vowed to never let it happen again following the Holocaust.
It also makes an argument explaining why the United States should care about genocide when it occurs thousands of miles from our borders. Power attempts to answer these questions by providing historical accounts of genocide in Cambodia, Iraq and Rwanda.
By drawing upon interviews, classified documents and her own reporting, Samantha Power discusses her belief that the U.S. government has permitted genocide to continue in these countries.
During this event, Power talked about her findings and then answered questions from members of the audience.
I would venture to point out that its an alarmingly unhealthy pastime for any accademic, especially one concerned with issues of contemporary human rights, foreign policy and globalism to spend any time hanging out or hanging around the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
(Side Note: if is the "US Holocaust Memorial Museum", shouldn't it be full of Cherookee, Apache and Hopi artifacts and the like...?
An American assemblage of Shoah artifacts and dioramas would face an uphill struggle - still, you would at least get to see Presscott Bush's old pocket books and find out how much allowance he was paying young George...)
But seriously - if you're an accademic, don't go to the Holocaust Museum in D.C. - you're never going to learn anything.
That's not what it's there for - the purpose of the DC Holocaust Museum is to upset people and (in the majority of cases), induce profound feelings of guilt and shame - or in the least, intensely awkward embarrassment.
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