Book Recommendations Wanted

[MissRegina]

I just received my Amazon.com reward certificate in the mail and would like to buy some good political reads for the summer.

I confess that I have not been in a bookstore in some time and I am unfamiliar with a lot of the new books out there exposing the truth.

Anyone have a recommendation for me as to what I should read?

[wryter2000]

1. Hoo-boy

There are probably a dozen good books. So far of the ones I've read, Krugman's The Great Unravelling has been the most important, imho.

[NewHampshireDem]

5. I second the Krugman recommendation

Excellent read. If you haven't read it, "The Lies of *" by David Corn is also excellent.

[Catfight]

25. I thought the "Great Unraveling" got boring. I would recommend

"Lying Liars" by Al Franken, it's much easier to read than the dryness of the "Great Unraveling."

[Malva Zebrina]

2. Just finished John Dean's book

Worse Than Watergate excellent and easy to read.

[SayitAintSo]

14. Reading that now ... your are right a good easy read... n/t

[Worst Username Ever]

3. here's a couple

House of Bush, House of Saud
Dude, where's my country
Stupid White Men
Worse than Watergate
Lies and the Lying Liars that tell them
Ruch Limbaugh is a big fat idiot....

[indepat]

4. Chalmers Johnson's "The Sorrows of Empire"

[buycitgo]

6. here's a real page turner

http://home.nyc.rr.com/jadedem/gw1.html

[MissRegina]

8. LOL...

I didn't even have to spend my certificate on that. Thanks!

[buycitgo]

9. it's eight or nine pages....did you click through?

pretty funny......I made a little booklet out of it at school

other teachers loved it

[jayavarman]

16. That is Awesome

never saw it before, but am now emailing the link all around

[scarletlib]

7. to all of these also

Richard Clarkes book. ALso very easy to read. "Against all Enemies"

Joe Conason "Big LIes"

[DemoTex]

10. Let's fire up the "Way-Back" machine...

Hell in a Very Small Place: the Siege of Dien Bien Phu by Bernard B. Fall

Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam, by H. R. McMaster.

Two must-reads that set the stage for the very small hells we find ourselves in now: Iraq, Afganistan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and who knows where else.

[kaitykaity]

11. Joe Wilson's "The Politics of Truth"

EJ Dionne's "Stand Up, Fight Back"

Dilip Hiro's "Secrets and Lies: Operation 'Iraqi Freedom' and After

[Ginaz]

17. I had trouble with Wilson's book

Massive tome on the life of a diplomat...interesting, but not what I'd been hoping for. I'll go read it again after the craziness comes to an end.

[kaitykaity]

18. Welcome to DU, Ginaz!!

Happy Posting!!

:toast:

I skipped his personal story and went straight for the
dirt on who he thinks outed his wife. I also enjoyed
reading about his media adventures after Novak did the
deed.

:hi:

[Ginaz]

20. If you sjipped the personal story

you must have skipped 400 pages. :)

Thanks for the welcome!

[kaitykaity]

23. Pretty much!

:evilgrin:

I dived right in when the CIA tasked him to go to
Niger to find out about the veracity of the Iraq]\
uranium purchase.

It was still good, though.

You're welcome.

[Az]

12. Start by getting your baloney detection kit from the Demon Haunted World

Carl Sagan's great work. This should be a must read in highschool. It can give you a stable ground from which to explore all questions around you.

[Beaverhausen]

13. Molly Ivins new one- out July 6th

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1400062853/qid=1087344421/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/102-3257214-4207312?v=glance&s=books

LOVE HER!!! If you don't have any of hers I highly recommend them.

[Ginaz]

15. House of Bush, House of Saud

and also Clarke's book.

[AP]

19. There are so many good books out there, but I'd get Clinton's book.

It's going to be comprehensive, it's going to affirm democratic falues, and it's going to set the tone of the political discussions, so I might pass up Pallast, Stiglitz, Phillips, Brock and Krugman and go straight to Clinton.

[mom-mad-about-bush]

21. "The I Hate George W. Bush Reader" is a hoot and full of facts.

It's an inexpensive paper back too!

[Postman]

22. Here is a list....

House of Bush, House of Saud ....Craig Unger
Bush Dynasty ....................Kevin Phillips
Banana Republicans ..............John Stauber, Sheldon Rampton
Weapons of Mass Deception........John Stauber, Sheldon Rampton
Sorrows of Empire................Chalmers Johnson
Hegemony or Survival.............Noam Chomsky

For historical background, read these...

All The Shahs Men...........................Stephan Kinzer
A People's History of the United States.....Howard Zinn
Declarations of Independence................Howard Zinn
Best Democracy Money Can Buy................Greg Palast

[truizm]

24. Year 501, hegemony or survival, manufacturing consent, the culture of

terrorism by Chomsky.