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> [I am reading "The Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers and "Redeployment" by Phil Klay . Both Powers and Klay are Iraq War…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-am-reading-the-yellow-birds-by-kevin-powers-and-redeployment-by/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/at-the-heart-of-the-matter-is-a-battle-between-wish-and-fear-fear/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [“The slow, mismanaged arrival of armored vehicles and bulletproof plates for flak vests was only the most conspicuous demonstration of how the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-slow-mismanaged-arrival-of-armored-vehicles-and-bulletproof/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [The Iraq war was always a long shot. But it was made immeasurably longer by its principal architects in Washington, including Douglas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-iraq-war-was-always-a-long-shot-but-it-was-made-immeasurably/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [I've read a lot of war writing, even World War I writing, the British war poetry of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-ve-read-a-lot-of-war-writing-even-world-war-i-writing-the-british/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [I'm reading a bunch of fiction by Afghan and Iraq War veterans for a New Yorker piece. There hasn't been that much,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-m-reading-a-bunch-of-fiction-by-afghan-and-iraq-war-veterans-for-a/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [The literature of the Spanish Civil War is also important to me. Above all George Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-literature-of-the-spanish-civil-war-is-also-important-to-me-above/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [Putin stands for the opposite of a universal ideology; he has become an arch-nationalist of a pre-Cold War type, making mystic appeals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/putin-stands-for-the-opposite-of-a-universal-ideology-he-has-become/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [“This isn't to deny that there were fierce arguments, at the time and ever since, about the causes and goals of both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/this-isn-t-to-deny-that-there-were-fierce-arguments-at-the-time-and/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [Depended on the soldier. To relax, most of them put on headphones or played video games. Later in the war some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/depended-on-the-soldier-to-relax-most-of-them-put-on-headphones-or/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [The Petraeus-Crocker testimony is the kind of short-lived event on which the Administration has relied to shore up support for the war:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-petraeus-crocker-testimony-is-the-kind-of-short-lived-event-on/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [Before the nineteen-seventies, most Republicans in Washington accepted the institutions of the welfare state, and most Democrats agreed with the logic of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/before-the-nineteen-seventies-most-republicans-in-washington-accepted/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [One book that I heard was circulating the Green Zone was "Bureaucracy Does Its Thing" by Robert Komer , who worked for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/one-book-that-i-heard-was-circulating-the-green-zone-was-bureaucracy/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [Since I was a kid. I had this series by Ballantine Books about the history of World Wars I and II. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/since-i-was-a-kid-i-had-this-series-by-ballantine-books-about-the/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [“The attacks of 9/11 were the biggest surprise in American history, and for the past ten years we haven't stopped being surprised.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-attacks-of-9-11-were-the-biggest-surprise-in-american-history-and/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [ “\[T\]he enduring problem for liberals, as for everyone else, is not whether history will judge them wise or foolish regarding the war… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/t-he-enduring-problem-for-liberals-as-for-everyone-else-is-not/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [I don't know if it's a male thing, but I've always been interested in how people respond to the stresses and dangers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-don-t-know-if-it-s-a-male-thing-but-i-ve-always-been-interested-in/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> ['The Assassins' Gate' is a very tightly controlled story of the ideas that led to the war and the consequences of those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-assassins-gate-is-a-very-tightly-controlled-story-of-the-ideas/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [Whether as victim, demon, or hero, the industrial worker of the past century filled the public imagination in books, movies, news stories,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/whether-as-victim-demon-or-hero-the-industrial-worker-of-the-past/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [American wars in Muslim countries created some extremists and inflamed many more while producing a security vacuum that allowed them to wreak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/american-wars-in-muslim-countries-created-some-extremists-and/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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## More by George Packer

> [I don't think they need to be nice to reporters, but the White House seems to imagine that releasing information is like a tap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-don-t-think-they-need-to-be-nice-to-reporters-but-the-white-house/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [So many writers grew up in tortured isolation, in revolt against their families. I and my sister were in a house where writing was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/so-many-writers-grew-up-in-tortured-isolation-in-revolt-against-their/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Afghanistan can't police its borders, and its neighbors give sanctuary and assistance to insurgents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/afghanistan-can-t-police-its-borders-and-its-neighbors-give-sanctuary/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Hillary Clinton's such a classic Democratic political figure and believes so much in institutions and in gradualism in the old way of reaching compromises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/hillary-clinton-s-such-a-classic-democratic-political-figure-and/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [“In other words, Foxx represented what Sarah Palin (speaking at a campaign fundraiser in Greensboro three weeks before the election) called “the real America,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/in-other-words-foxx-represented-what-sarah-palin-speaking-at-a/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [America's vast population of working poor can only get so poor before even Walmart is out of reach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/america-s-vast-population-of-working-poor-can-only-get-so-poor-before/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [The Olympics are never just about sports.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-olympics-are-never-just-about-sports/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> ['The Assassins' Gate' is a very tightly controlled story of the ideas that led to the war and the consequences of those ideas in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-assassins-gate-is-a-very-tightly-controlled-story-of-the-ideas/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Amazon's identity and goals are never clear and always fluid, which makes the company destabilizing and intimidating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/amazon-s-identity-and-goals-are-never-clear-and-always-fluid-which/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/ideology-knows-the-answer-before-the-question-has-been-asked/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Everything seems set up for success in digital journalism - money, eyeballs, software, brands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/everything-seems-set-up-for-success-in-digital-journalism-money/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Climate change joined immigration, job creation, food safety, pilot training, veterans' care, campaign finance, transportation security, labor law, mine safety, wildfire management, and scores…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/climate-change-joined-immigration-job-creation-food-safety-pilot/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Much of the international unease with the Sochi Games has focused on the threat of terrorism, Putin's domestic repressiveness, and the Russian campaign of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/much-of-the-international-unease-with-the-sochi-games-has-focused-on/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [I've been interested in American politics since I was eight. That was in 1968. It was an interesting year. I was a huge Eugene…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-ve-been-interested-in-american-politics-since-i-was-eight-that-was/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [When I interviewed Paul Bremer in his office, he had almost no books on his shelves. He had a couple of management books, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/when-i-interviewed-paul-bremer-in-his-office-he-had-almost-no-books/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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                        "text": "Since I was a kid. I had this series by Ballantine Books about the history of World Wars I and II. In my 20s, it was the Vietnam War literature of novelists like Tim O'Brien, Philip Caputo, and Tobias Wolff, and then nonfiction such as \"A Bright Shining Lie\" by Neil Sheehan and \"The Best and Brightest\" by David Halberstam . Those are the two best histories of Vietnam.",
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