Which Is Your Favorite Recent Liberal Book?

[mot78]

Since this isn't a poll....I'm not a donor.......

Type 1 for Al Franken

Type 2 for Conoson

Type 3 for Alterman

Type 4 for Hightower

Type 5 for Ivins

[Langis]

1. 1

[LuCifer]

2. I just got done with...

...the CLASSIC "It's STILL The Economy, STUPID" by Paul Begala. Not exactly current being that it's from last year, but it's IMPRESSIVE! A highly usefull tool to keep handy when combating right-wing hate-spewing moron trolls (sorry to be redundant) 'cause it's FULL OF FACTS!

Lu

[maha]

3. Type 6 for Krugman

[eablair3]

4. type 7 for Nace

Ted Nace -- Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy

[Cappurr]

5. I've read a few the past couple of months (including Hillary}

But the one I like the best so far is Sid Blumenthal's "The Clinton Wars' It is great. About 800 pages long but a lot of good insight,recognition of what we were really fighting about and how Clinton went ahead and did what he had to despite the overwhelming cabal after him. Sid talks a lot about progressive policy both here and globally. Its a damn good book.

Now I'm just waiting for Bill's :bounce:

[Lugnut]

12. So far,

I agree with your assessment. It is an excellent book. I'm in the process of reading that right now. I have Joe Conason's "Big Lies" and Al Franken's "Liars" on stand-by.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

6. 1

:kick:

[sonias]

7. 1

Type 1 for Al Franken

I've just finished the Conason book "Big Lies" and loved that too. So much reading so little time.

Sonia

[Kathy in Cambridge]

8. 2

Franken's was good, and damn funny, but Conason's was a lot tighter.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

9. All The Shahs Men...kinzer

[eablair3]

11. All The Shah's Men - Stephen Kinzer

I just picked up Stephen Kinzer's ALL THE SHAH'S MEN this past weekend, and am just starting it. It looks like it will be good. I liked BITTER FRUIT (on the U.S. backed overthrow of the democratically elected Jacob Arbenz in 1954 Guatemala) that he co-authored a while back.

I happened to have CNN on this morning, and I was a little surprised to see Wolf Blitzer have Stephen Kinzer on as a guest. The U.S. Government's and the CIA's overthrow of democratically elected leaders of foreign countries is not something you see mainstream media give much air time to. Blitzer actually gave him a pretty decent amount of time discussing how the U.S.'s overthrow of Iran's Mossadegh in 1953 is really one of the things at the heart of the roots of middle eastern terrorism, as it led to the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the overthrow of the Shah and then the ensuing Hostage Crisis. Blitzer let him go on for a decent amount of time this morning.

I am just starting this book and am looking forward to it. How is it?

[Unknown Known]

10. Conason for "Hunting of the President"

I predict this book will be read by future generations as to how democracy was derailed by the VRWC during the 1990's.

[AlabamaDem]

13. 1!

[newyawker99]

20. Hi AlabamaDem!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[sugargoose]

14. 1

my expectations were high and it was 200% better than I expected.

[Kanola]

15. 1. Franken is just so much fun!!

He ate the RWingers for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

[MrPrax]

16. Type 3 Liberal Bias

Alterman's book is pretty good, just finished reading.
Sure there are a couple of problems--but the stuff on the print pundits, the conservative funders and the Gore chapter are worth the effort.

But little quibble is that he never does explain what a liberal is BTW--it just seems to be a 'reductionalism' of whatever the conservatives think and as such it tends to partisanship and runs the same risks as the 'pundits'

Only a small problem and he lays out the media role fairly well

Schlosser's Reefer Madness is also pretty good

[eablair3]

17. Schlosser - Reefer Madness & 2 others

Schlosser's Reefer Madness is on my list of ones I'd like to read. Glad to hear someone say a good thing about it.

A couple others on my list are:

Peter Lance -- 1000 Years for Revenge : International Terrorism and the FBI--the Untold Story

Peter Kornbluh -- The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability (A National Security Archive Book)

[Carmerian]

18. 1

...and mine's autographed, too! What a great book.

[Sweetpea]

19. 1