George Packer (Author of The Unwinding)

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George Packer

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August 13, 1960

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Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction

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The Khashoggi Body Doubleï¿½ï¿½ï¿½and Mounting Evidence of a Premeditated Murder

Robin Wright on the mounting evidence in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, as surveillance footage shows a man Turkish officials have identified as Mustafa al-Madani, reportedly a Saudi intelligence agent, leave the consulate where the journalist disappeared.

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Published on October 22, 2018 15:42

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Average rating: 4.14 · 22,908 ratings · 2,747 reviews · 38 distinct works â€¢ Similar authors

	The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America 4.13 avg rating — 12,315 ratings — published 2013 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Assassinsâ€™ Gate: America in Iraq 4.05 avg rating — 3,166 ratings — published 2005 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century 4.38 avg rating — 2,235 ratings — published 2019 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal 4.05 avg rating — 2,297 ratings — published 2021 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Village of Waiting 3.92 avg rating — 468 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood of the Liberals 3.92 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade 3.71 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betrayed: A Play 3.78 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fight Is for Democracy: Winning the War of Ideas in America and the World 3.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Photographs of Arthur Rothstein: The Library of Congress (Fields of Vision, 6) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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

tags: disappointment, fear, inspirational, life, wish

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“Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked.

Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to circumstances but not compromised away.”
― George Packer

tags: circumstances, compromise, ideology, principles, values

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“[T]he enduring problem for liberals, as for everyone else, is not whether history will judge them wise or foolish regarding the war on terrorism; it is, rather, the way that the past decade has splintered them away from other Americans. This fracture comes with a steep price: in today's toxic atmosphere, liberals are no less cynical, shortsighted, and parochial than anyone else, and they understand their fellow-Americans just as badly as they themselves are understood. When liberals look at red-state voters, they see either a mob of pious know-nothings or the insensible victims of militarism and class warfare. Yet.... [such people] defy fixed categories, which means that they have to be figured out the hard way--on their own terms.”
― George Packer

tags: 9-11, 9-11-10th-anniversary, americans, cynicism, liberals, parochialism, political-parties, politics, rifts, shortsightedness, stereotypes, understanding, war-on-terror

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