đź“– The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power (2019; via Tyler Cowen).
Some may interpret this book’s title as suggesting that I began with lofty dreams about how one person could make a difference, only to be “educated” by the brutish forces that I encountered. That is not the story that follows.
I mean, that's kinda what happens. She learns very quickly how to say the right things to get the things she wants.