Brett's review
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
by Samantha Power
Brett's review
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power
Brett's review
rating:
One of my favorite sections of nonfiction reading is from James B. Stewart's Disney War where Michael Eisner and other parts of the Disney empire pass up deals to make/profit from the Lord of the Rings films and The Sixth Sense as well as the television shows/franchises Survivor and CSI, all within a short time period. All these mistakes end up costing the company quite a bit of money, and it makes one wonder how so many smart, successful, people were able to make so many poor choices.
Why is this relevant to a book about genocide? Reading A Problem from Hell for me was like that part of Disney War, but documenting the United States instead of a media conglomerate, making poor moral choices over the entire 20th century, which instead of costing a company billions, allow millions of murders to occur. They may be incredibly different scenarios, but the same questions re...more
Why is this relevant to a book about genocide? Reading A Problem from Hell for me was like that part of Disney War, but documenting the United States instead of a media conglomerate, making poor moral choices over the entire 20th century, which instead of costing a company billions, allow millions of murders to occur. They may be incredibly different scenarios, but the same questions re...more
