Political Books

[NKRoberts]

Anyone have any good political books they recommend?
Please be serious :hitler:

[mrsleeve]

Not exactly Political, But the definitive read on Oh HOW WHAT WHY WHERE our system of govt is set up, and is the way it is.

Prolly one of the most informative and eye opening books I have ever read. My Gma gave me a Copy MANY MANY years ago and read it when I was a freshman in HS. Have read it many times too.

The Five Thousand Year Leap, By Skousen

[xwill112x]

cliffs mrsleeve? intrested.

[mrsleeve]

cliffs mrsleeve? intrested.

Well with out going into really great detail, it will explain in great detail the mind set and the reasoning and where the ideas came from and how they were put together by the founders to make our Govt work.

It will define the intended roll of the Federal Govt, the state and local govts. How Religion and Govt are related to the governance of the people. The role of Self Reliance and Personal Responsibility. Free enterprise and so on all from the how the founders intended things to be.


Really even if you dont agree with anything I have ever said when it comes to P&R read that book, it really should be required reading For all HS kids.

[fiftytakedowns]

Common Sense - thomas Payne
Righteous Dopefiend - Phillip Bourgois

I have a ton more, but those are the two on my desk right now.

Although I don't condone, I wonder what it would be like to read Mein Kampf

[mrsleeve]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Common Sense is another really good one

[ck_taft325is]

Although I don't condone, I wonder what it would be like to read Mein Kampf

Read most of it High School. Don't remember much special beyond his idealistic view on how to Govern a populace for the better of some and the destruction of a great many. Then again, that was just the out come. He lined out why and how he would go about it which was interesting. A lot of crap sounds good on Paper but when you put bullets to your ideals things get very real, very quick.

[jrobie79]

atlas shrugged - ayn rand

economics in one lesson - henry hazlett (highly informative and relatively short)

[mrsleeve]

atlas shrugged - ayn rand

economics in one lesson - henry hazlett (highly informative and relatively short)

Econ = The Road to Serfdom F.A. Hayek

[KenC]

atlas shrugged - ayn rand

LOL half the retards on here wouldn't be able to comprehend the first page. I just finished a book of her essays... very dense writer.


I see a lot of Libertarian books... fitting, as between the covers is the only place it works. This world is full of liars and cheats - whoops, there goes your "system."

[fiftytakedowns]

Situated Knowledges - Anna harraway

[z31maniac]

Common Sense is also a FREE BOOK on Amazon Kindle, I'm embarrased to admit I haven't read it, so I downloaded it to my phone and will be reading it while I have time over the next few weeks.

[Massive Lee]

Anyone have any good political books they recommend?

I suggest starting by important stuff from the 1500s as a base. Nicola Machiavel wrote a few interesting treaties on politics and the art of war. Even mentionned that "to be respected, you must be hated". Then you can read more modern stuff. Read as many points of view as you can, even if it is not your point of view. Reading views that confort yours is a waste of time as it will not develop any critical analysis.



Jimmy Carter wrote a few books. He was criticized for being unamerican and antisemite (by whoever it suited best). So, it's a good start. But get some European books too to get another perspective.

[Kershaw]

i believe The Prince to be a satire. i think Macchiavelli was scorning the Medicis and exposing tyrannical rule as ludicrous.

i heavily doubt he was being serious.

[frankenbeemer]

The River War. Winston Churchill. Get the unabridged version, two volumes. Available here in ebook form: http://books.google.com/books?id=Its...page&q&f=false