PositiveNew York Journal of Books\"... well-written ... While much stronger in describing effects rather than analyzing causes, The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America arrives just in time for a long-overdue assessment of just how well Washington advances or frustrates the dreams of Tammy Thomas, Dean Price, or any of the rest of us ... [Packer\'s] new book is troubling enough to crowd mourners’ benches all across the nation.\