num_pages: 690
description: Discusses America's political stance during the holocausts of the past fifty years, presenting moral arguments for why the United States should change its non-engagement policies to become involved in conflicts involving genocide. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize &amp; the National Book Critics Circle Award. Reissue. 30,000 first printing.
language: English
title: A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
titlecomplete: A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
characters: Raphaël Lemkin
genres: Social Justice, Political Science, International Relations, History, Politics, American History, Africa, World History, War, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 10256
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Arthur Ross Book Award
category: Gold Medal, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Harper Perennial