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MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show September 11, 2019 04:34:00

But that book, which was called a problem from hell: america in the age of genocide, would end up becoming one of the most influential books of this century when it comes to american power and american responsibility and opportunity in a complex and dangerous world. and like i said, that was an intimidating topic, that was an intimidating book. for me i find, as somebody who s got a book that s about to come out that i m nervous about, i find it somehow heartening to know that random house had initially been the publisher for that book. when it came time to actually pull the trigger and publish power s book, random house backed out, they decided they didn t want to publish it. then houghton mifflin also said, no, we don t want to publish it, picador said, no, we don t want to interest it. farrar strauss said no. simon & schuster said, nope. random house considered it again, we were wrong the first time, looked at it again, then decided actually no, we were right when we turned it dow ....

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MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show September 11, 2019 01:35:00

Responsibility and opportunity in a complex and dangerous world. and like i said, that was an intimidating topic, that was an intimidating book. for me, i find as somebody who s got a book that s about to come out that i m nervous about, i find it somehow heartening to know that randomhouse had initially been the publisher for that book. when it came time to actually pull the trigger and publish power s book, randomhouse backed out, decided they didn t want to publish it. houghton mifflin said, no, we don t want to publish it, picador said, no, we don t want to interest it. sha simon and shuster said, nope. randomhouse considered it again, we were wrong the first time, looked at it again, actually, no, we are right when we turned it down. it was only because samantha power called in not so much a favor, kind of a hail mary, that she persuaded new republic books, basic books, to publish that book. ....

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