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Writings From A Turbulent Decade
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
November 2009
On Sale: November 10, 2009
432 pages
ISBN: 0374175721
EAN: 9780374175726
Hardcover
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Throughout his career as a journalist, George Packer has
always been attuned to the voices and stories of individuals
caught up in the big ideas and events of contemporary
history. Interesting Times unites brilliant investigative
pieces such as “Betrayed,” about Iraqi interpreters, with
personal essays and detailed narratives of travels through
war zones and failed states. Spanning a decade that includes
the September 11 attacks and the election of Barack Obama,
Packer brings insight and passion to his accounts of the war
on terror,Iraq, political writers, and the 2008 election.
Across these varied subjects a few keythemes recur: the
temptations and dangers of idealism; the moral complexities
of war and politics; the American capacity for self-blinding
and self-renewal. Whether exploring American policies in the
wake of September 11, tracking a used T-shirt from New York
to Uganda, or describing the ambivalent response in
Appalachia to Obama, these essays hold a mirror up to our
own troubled times and showcase Packer’s unmistakable
perspective, which is at once both wide-angled and humane.
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