This is an important book from the former head of the Human Rights Watch. It talks about the fight for Human Rights all over the world [including the United States], and how i's becoming more difficult to do so as each year passes. Each chapter covers a country where Human Rights have been ignored [or exploited], how it was handled [or continues to be handled], and where they are striving to be today [it is not always positive, which, while expected, is also very sad].

I enjoyed this as I learned quite a bit about things I only had a smattering of knowledge about. The writing [and research] was very good and I definitely spent a good amount of this book being enraged at the antics and egos of self-important men and how and why they think their ways are best. However, some of this book WAS a bit above my pay-grade and several times I got lost in the scholarly speak/writing.

Overall, I'd recommend this simply because it is an excellent look at [fairly current] history we all think we know, and ultimately do not [unless, of course, you are a historian or part of the HRW ;-) ]. I am really glad that I read this.

Thank you to NetGalley, Kenneth Roth, and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor/Knopf for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.