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George packer is a staff writer for the new yorker and most recently the author of the unwinding. Mar 04, 2014 the 20 national book award winner a new york times bestseller american democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Unwinding he defines as the process during which the coil that held americans together in its. Richard holbrooke and the end of the american century and the unwinding. The unwinding with george packer conversations with history. His other nonfiction books include the assassins gate. George packer, writer at the new yorker and author of the new book the unwinding. A novel george packer has crafted a unique, irresistible contraption of a book.
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