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**A __New York Times Book Review__ Editors' Choice** **"[George Packer's] account of America’s decline into destructive tribalism is always illuminating and often dazzling." ―William Galston, __The Washington Post__** **Acclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America’s descent into a failed state, and envisions a path toward overcoming our injustices, paralyses, and divides** In the year 2020, Americans suffered one rude blow after another to their health, livelihoods, and collective self-esteem. A ruthless pandemic, an inept and malign government response, polarizing protests, and an election marred by conspiracy theories left many citizens in despair about their country and its democratic experiment. With pitiless precision, the year exposed the nation’s underlying conditions―discredited elites, weakened institutions, blatant inequalities―and how difficult they are to remedy. In __Last Best Hope__, George Packer traces the shocks back to their sources. He explores the four narratives that now dominate American life: Free America, which imagines a nation of separate individuals and serves the interests of corporations and the wealthy; Smart America, th
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Packer, George
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780374603670
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Government & Politics, Social_sciences
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (811 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14