false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256139217m/6456231.jpg 6456231 1 <DIV><DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none">Always attuned to the voices and stories of specific people caught up in the big ideas and events of contemporary history, George Packer has reckoned with the temptations and dangers of American idealism throughout his career as a journalist. In this collection of essays from the past extraordinary decade, from September 11 to the rise of Barack Obama, Packer brings insight and passion to his accounts of the war on terror, Iraq, troubled societies, political writers, and the 2008 election.</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><I> </I></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><I>Interesting Times </I>unites brilliant investigative pieces such as “Betrayed,” about Iraqi interpreters, with personal essays and detailed narratives of travels through war zones and failed states. Whether exploring American policies in the wake of September 11, tracking a used T-shirt from New York to Uganda, or describing the complex response to Obama in Appalachia, these essays showcase Packer’s unmistakable perspective, which is at once wide-angled and humane.</P></DIV> 6646514 10 11 2009 Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade 0 0 2 0 0 0 false false Wed Nov 25 11:20:49 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 11:20:49 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 05 16:46:59 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 16:46:59 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6456231