{"product_id":"interesting-times-writings-from-a-turbulent-decade-9780374532529","title":"Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 2013 National Book Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout his career as a journalist, George Packer has always been attuned to the voices and stories of individuals caught up in the big ideas and events of contemporary history. \u003ci\u003eInteresting Times \u003c\/i\u003eunites brilliant investigative pieces such as \"Betrayed,\" about Iraqi interpreters, with personal essays and detailed narratives of travels through war zones and failed states. Spanning a decade that includes the September 11, 2001 attacks and the election of Barack Obama, Packer brings insight and passion to his accounts of the war on terror, Iraq, political writers, and the 2008 election. Across these varied subjects a few key themes recur: the temptations and dangers of idealism; the moral complexities of war and politics; the American capacity for self-blinding and self-renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether exploring American policies in the wake of September 11, tracking a used T-shirt from New York to Uganda, or describing the ambivalent response in Appalachia to Obama, these essays hold a mirror up to our own troubled times and showcase Packer's unmistakable perspective, which is at once both wide-angled and humane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374532529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 1.30d","brand":"George Packer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636662595740,"sku":"9780374532529","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_115ae407-b3f9-47e8-8279-6b2d89be7621.jpg?v=1603842574","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/interesting-times-writings-from-a-turbulent-decade-9780374532529","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}