100 really good books about politics

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100. richard ben cramer - what it takes
99. hannah arendt - the human condition
98. machiavelli - the prince

― J.D., Tuesday, 15 May 2007 22:51 (nineteen years ago)

97. George Lakoff -- Moral Politics; How Liberals and Conservatives Think
96. Jon Stewart & The Daily Show -- America

― kingfish, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

95. Before the Storm- Rick Perlstein

― mulla atari, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 23:47 (nineteen years ago)

94. Up from Conservatism - Michael Lind

― Bill in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 00:09 (nineteen years ago)

93. Mike Davis - City of Quartz
92. Marx and Engles - Communist Manifesto

― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

91. Robert Penn Warren, All The King's Men

― gabbneb, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

90. Chomsky - Understanding Power

― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:42 (nineteen years ago)

89. Rawls - A Theory of Justice

― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

no DeToqueville, no credibility

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

88. Blair by Anthony Seldon

― Hello Sunshine, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

87. 'Master of the Senate' - Robert Caro

― Michael White, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

86. Mandela - A Long Walk to Freedom

― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

85. Paul Kennedy - The Rise and Fall of Great Powers

― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

Cicero's orations

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

84. Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

― Cathy, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 19:30 (nineteen years ago)

83. The Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon, Anthony Summers

82. Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72, Hunter S. Thompson

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Thursday, 17 May 2007 00:22 (nineteen years ago)

81. Citizens of the Empire, Robert Jensen
80. Power, Politics & Culture: Interviews w/Edward Said
79. Common Sense, The Rights of Man & Other Writings, Thomas Paine

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 17 May 2007 01:00 (nineteen years ago)

78. Orwell, Essays (4 vols.)

― Casuistry, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:33 (nineteen years ago)

77. Lenin & Philosophy & Other Essays, Louis Althusser
76. Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes
75. State of Exception, Giorgio Agamben
74. Empire, Michael Hardt & Antonio Negri

― max, Thursday, 17 May 2007 05:29 (nineteen years ago)

73. theodore white - the making of the president, 1960
72. walter karp - indispensable enemies

― J.D., Thursday, 17 May 2007 07:51 (nineteen years ago)

(chris have you read all of orwell's essays? i've always wanted to do that.)

― J.D., Thursday, 17 May 2007 07:51 (nineteen years ago)

71. "the emperor's new clothes," hans christian andersen
70. voltaire's bastards, john ralston saul

― tipsy mothra, Thursday, 17 May 2007 08:11 (nineteen years ago)

69. Steve Erickson- American Nomad

― mulla atari, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:06 (nineteen years ago)

68. Nixon Agonistes – Garry Willis
67. The Politics of War – Walter Karp

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:46 (nineteen years ago)

(JD, yes, I worked my way through the series a few years ago. Skimmed a bit towards the beginning and the end but it was mostly completely great.)

― Casuistry, Thursday, 17 May 2007 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

66. http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/414IVeWmo4L._SS500_.jpg

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 17 May 2007 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

totally serious btw

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 17 May 2007 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

77. Lenin & Philosophy & Other Essays, Louis Althusser

Haha shit that shoulda been mine (I called myself an Althusserian ffs). While we're at it:

65. Essential Works of Lenin - V.I. Lenin
64. To Die for the People - Huey P. Newton
63. The Discourses & Other Political Writings - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 18 May 2007 00:18 (nineteen years ago)

That Newton book is like my discursive primordial soup. Read that shit in 8th grade and have kept coming back to it ever since.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 18 May 2007 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

62. Reagan's America: Innocents at Home Garry Wills
61. The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Path to Power Robert A. Caro
60. The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent Robert A. Caro
59. The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate Robert A. Caro
58. 31 Days: The Crisis That Gave Us The Government We Have Today Barry Werth
57. Bush at War: State of Denial Bob Woodward
56. Rise of the Vulcans: History of Bush's War Cabinet James Mann

― m coleman, Friday, 18 May 2007 10:33 (nineteen years ago)

55. Why Politics Matter - Gerry Stoker

― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 09:36 (nineteen years ago)

seven years pass...

The list died, but this looks like the best ILX thread for this. Highly recommend Matt Bai's All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid, about the Gary Hart scandal (I'm not quite finished). One thing the books does is correct some of the timeline misconceptions: Hart's "follow me around" line did not trigger the chain of events, they were already moving quickly, and the yacht photo of Hart and Rice wasn't published until after all the fallout. Conceding that Bai obviously likes Gary Hart, I think he makes a credible case for Hart being a much more serious figure than the caricature that came out of those events. Mainly, though, the book's main idea, contained in the subtitle, is very convincing. It was like a perfect storm of a lot of things that were just getting off the ground--CNN, tabloid shows like A Current Affair, fax machines, and portable cameras, primarily--and things happened that were unprecedented.

― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 01:00 (eleven years ago)

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