George Packer

Author of The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq

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George Packer has 4 media appearances.

Charlie Rose: A conversation with author George Packer (October 20, 2005)
A conversation with author George Packer about his book
Day to Day: 'Assassins' Gate': Bush and America's Iraq Disaster (November 10, 2005 at)
George Packer, who has reported extensively on the war in Iraq for The New Yorker magazine, recently released a new book called The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq — a scathing account of the Bush Administration's larger effort to change the political future of the Middle East through military force. ... (more)Alex Chadwick talks with Packer, who initially supported the Iraq War, but now sees the growing guerilla war as a disaster for the United States.
Fresh Air: George Packer on the Betrayal of Working Iraqis (March 22, 2007 at)
Journalist George Packer's article in the March 26 issue of The New Yorker magazine is called "Betrayed: The Iraqis Who Trusted America the Most." He reports that men employed by Americans as interpreters, construction workers, drivers and office workers are now being marked for death and hunted down ... (more)as collaborators.
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