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George Packer
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born
August 13, 1960
in The United States
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It's hard to accept that there won't be any more Anthony Shadid bylines in my morning paper. He'd been doing it so well for so long that I'd begun to take for granted his readiness to get the story of the Arab world, however hard the place—Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Syria—and bring it to us with his characteristic thoughtfulness and grace. What's happening in the Iraqi south now that the Sad...
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The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq
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2005
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The Village of Waiting
  3.93 avg rating — 146 ratings
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1988
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Blood of the Liberals
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2000
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Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade
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2009
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Betrayed: A Play
3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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2008
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The Fight Is for Democracy: Winning the War of Ideas in America and the World
3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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2003
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Central Square
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1998
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Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade
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2010
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The Half Man
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1991
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Betrayed
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2009
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“At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on the tongue.”
― George Packer
― George Packer
“[O]nce demagogy and falsehoods become routine, there isn’t much for the political journalist to do except handicap the race and report on the candidate’s mood.”
― George Packer
― George Packer
“The attacks of 9/11 were the biggest surprise in American history, and for the past ten years we haven't stopped being surprised. The war on terror has had no discernible trajectory, and, unlike other military conflicts, it's almost impossible to define victory. You can't document the war's progress on a world map or chart it on a historical timetable in a way that makes any sense. A country used to a feeling of being in command and control has been whipsawed into a state of perpetual reaction, swinging wildly between passive fear and fevered, often thoughtless, activity, at a high cost to its self-confidence.”
― George Packer
― George Packer
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Graywolf Press: Weekend Reads 5/14/10 | 2 | 15 | May 14, 2010 04:06pm | |
| Around the World ...: Togo | 2 | 12 | Aug 14, 2011 06:41pm |
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