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George Packer (born August 13, 1960) is an American journalist and novelist. His parents, Nancy Packer and Herbert Packer, were both academics at Stanford University; his maternal grandfather was George Huddleston, a congressman from Alabama.[1] Packer graduated from Calhoun College, Yale University in 1982,[2] and served in the Peace Corps in Togo.[3] His essays and articles have appeared in The Nation, Harper's, The New York Times, among other publications. Packer is a columnist for Mother Jones and has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since May 2003[4].

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.

Campaign Contributions

Packer gave $750 to the Democratic National Committee in August 2004, and then $250 in 2005 to Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett, an anti-war Democrat who campaigned unsuccessfully for a seat in Congress from Ohio. Both donations occurred while Packer covered the Iraq War as a journalist. '[1]'

Books

  • The Village of Waiting (1988). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1st Farrar edition, 2001). Pb. ISBN 0-374-52780-6
  • The Half Man (1991). Random House ISBN 0-394-58192-X
  • Central Square (1998). Graywolf Press ISBN 1-55597-277-2
  • Blood of the Liberals (2000). Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN 0-374-25142-8
  • The Fight is for Democracy: Winning the War of Ideas in America and the World (2003, as editor). Harper Perennial. Pb. ISBN 0-06-053249-1
  • The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq (2005) Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2005 ISBN 0-374-29963-3

Magazine Articles About the Iraq War

Other Topics

References

  1. ^ Columbia Journalism Review September 2005, http://www.cjr.org/issues/2005/5/glenn.asp.
  2. ^ 1982 Yale Banner p. 377.
  3. ^ Columbia Journalism Review op. cit.
  4. ^ "Finalist: George Packer (Biography)". The Michael Kelly Award.
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