FORA.tv Speaker - George Packer
Biography
George Packer (born 1960) is an American journalist and novelist. His essays and articles have appeared in The Nation, Harper's, The New York Times, among other publications. Packer is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a columnist for Mother Jones.
Packer's most recent book, The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, analyzes the events that led to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and reports on subsequent developments in that country, largely based on interviews with ordinary Iraqis. Packer is highly critical of the war, but he in turn has been criticized by anti-war activists for his support during the run-up to the invasion.
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