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“A must-read for anybody who cares about our role inside a changing globe.”-Leader Barack Obama

“This is an excellent book. […] The interweaving of Power’s personal story, family story, diplomatic history and moral arguments is executed seamlessly and with unblinking credibility.”-THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, THE BRAND NEW York Times Reserve Review

“Honest, personal, revealing… about the development of a young woman’s inner power about THE TRAINING of the Idealist: A Memoir and self-knowledge.”-COLM TÓIBÍN, writer of Brooklyn and Nora Webster

“Truly engrossing.”-RACHEL MADDOW

An intimate, powerful, and galvanizing memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner, human legal rights advocate, and former UN Ambassador Samantha Power.

In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the issue ‘What is one able to person do?’ and a require a clearer eyes, a kinder heart, and a more open up and civil hand in our politics and daily lives. THE TRAINING of the Idealist traces Power’s distinctly American trip from immigrant to war correspondent to presidential Cupboard standard. In 2005, her critiques of US foreign policy caught the eye of newly elected senator Barack Obama, who invited her to utilize him on Capitol Hill and then on his presidential campaign. After Obama was elected leader, Power went from as an activist outsider to a authorities insider, navigating the halls of power while trying to put her ideals into practice. She offered for four years as Obama’s individual privileges adviser, and in 2013, he named her US Ambassador towards the US, the youngest American to assume the role.

Power transports us from her youth in Dublin towards the streets of war-torn Bosnia to the White House Situation Space and the globe of high-stakes diplomacy. Humorous and deeply honest, THE TRAINING of the Idealist lays bare the searing fights and defining moments of her life and shows how she juggled the needs of a 24/7 national protection job with the task of increasing two small children. Along the way, she illuminates the intricacies of politics and geopolitics, reminding us how the United States may lead in the world, and just why we each have the opportunity to advance the cause of human dignity. Power’s memoir can be an memorable account of the energy of idealism and of 1 person’s fierce determination to make a difference.