Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal

Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal

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 202…

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