Friday, January 20, 2006

Books To Read

The following is part of my current list of books to read. The first three books listed are currently within my possession. The fourth is an excellent read, recommended to all (it's the only book listed I've read).


  1. Five Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of 1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World, Charles Peters
  2. The Realist Tradition and the Limits of International Relations, Michael Williams
  3. The New American Militarism : How Americans Are Seduced by War, Andrew Bacevich
  4. The Pentagon's New Map : War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Barnett
  5. Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror, Michael Scheuer
  6. New Glory : Expanding America's Global Supremacy, Ralph Peters
  7. A Matter of Interpretation : Federal Courts and the Law, Antonin Scalia
  8. My FBI : Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror, Louis Freeh
  9. The Connection : How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America , Stephen Hayes
  10. The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations?, Tony Blankely
  11. Burn Before Reading : Presidents, CIA directors, and Secret Intelligence, Stansfield Turner
  12. His Excellency: George Washington, Joseph J. Ellis
  13. Inheriting Syria: Bashar's Trial by Fire, Flynt Leverett
  14. At the Heart of Terror : Islam, Jihadists, and America's War on Terrorism, Monte Palmer
  15. Finishing Business : Ten Steps to Defeat Global Terror, Harlan Ullman
  16. Al-Qaeda : In Search of the Terror Network that Threatens the World, Jane Corbin
  17. A Fist in the Hornet's Nest: On the Ground in Baghdad Before, During, and After the War, Richard Engel
  18. Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It: A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs, James P. Gray
  19. Imperial Designs : Neoconservatism and the New Pax Americana, Gary Dorrien
  20. Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire, Niall Ferguson

Update: I forgot Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. I hear it is excellent.

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