George Packer

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American journalist and writer

United States JournalistsBorn 1960 · age 66

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George Packer is an American journalist, novelist, and playwright. S. foreign policy for The New Yorker and The Atlantic and for his book The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq. Packer also wrote The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, covering the history of the US from 1978 to 2012.

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2014Berlin Prize

2013National Book Award

2006Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting

2001Guggenheim Fellowship

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John F. BurnsAlso won Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting Fred DonnerAlso won Berlin Prize Michael TaussigAlso won Berlin Prize

Steve CollAlso won Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting

Robert MacNeilAlso won Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting

Elizabeth McCrackenAlso won Berlin Prize

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George Packer is an American journalist, novelist, and playwright. He is best known for his writings about U.S. foreign policy for The New Yorker and The Atlantic and for his book The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq. Packer also wrote The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, covering the history of the US from 1978 to 2012. In November 2013, The Unwinding received the National Book Award for Nonfiction. His award-winning biography, Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century, was released in May 2019. His latest book, The Emergency, was released in November 2025.

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