George Packer Quotes


Under Bill Clinton we had a roaring economy that looked really good.


Citations

Packer, George. "George Packer On The White Working Class And The 2016 Election." Interview by Terry Gross. Fresh Air, NPR, 12 July 2016.

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George Packer
George Packer
  • Born: August 13, 1960
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Journalist, Novelist, Playwright

George Packer is an American journalist, novelist, and playwright. He is best known for his writings for The New Yorker and The Atlantic about U.S. foreign policy and for his book The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq. Packer also wrote The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, covering the history of America from 1978 to 2012. In November 2013, The Unwinding received the National Book Award for Nonfiction. His latest book Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century was released in May 2019.