Required reading for all DUers

[Arkana]

All right, since I'm not a donor, I couldn't create a poll, so I decided to form it into just a general question. Do you agree with this reading list for DUers?

1. "The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, The White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill" by Ron Suskind

2. "Against All Enemies," Richard Clarke

3. "The Lies of George W. Bush," David Corn

4. "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy," Greg Palast

5. "House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between The World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties," by Craig Unger

6. "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look At The Right," by Al Franken

I personally think there should be more--but what do you think?

[Racenut20]

1. Don't forget Franken's Lies book

[Racenut20]

2. Don't forget Franken's Lies book

[Andy_Stephenson]

3. Black Box Voting

Ballot tampering in the 21st century

[Mom_and_Dad]

4. Blinded by the Right by David Brock

Also

"American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush" by Kevin Phillips

[mouse7]

5. "A People History of the United States" by Howard Zinn

Absolutely required reading for all progresives.

"When Corporations Rule the World" by David Korten

The truth about multi-national corporations and the WTO. When a former Republican has Bishop Desmond Tutu caling a book a "must-read," it is.

[Arkana]

11. updated

1. "The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, The White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill" by Ron Suskind

2. "Against All Enemies," Richard Clarke

3. "The Lies of George W. Bush," David Corn

4. "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy," Greg Palast

5. "House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between The World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties," by Craig Unger

6. "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look At The Right," by Al Franken

7. "Blinded By The Right," by David Brock (courtesy of Mom_and_Dad)

8. "When Corporations Rule The World", by David Corten (courtesy of Mouse7)

Any more that you guys think should be absolutely REQUIRED of all DUers? I'm thinking of putting up a list for especially brave DUers who think they can stomach reading *gasp!* O'Reilly, Hannity, and Coulter (purely for laughs and to see just how deluded they are.)

[nostamj]

6. American Dynasty by Kevin Phillips

Big Lies - Joe Conason

Dude, Where's My Country - Michael Moore

Bushwhacked! - Molly Ivins

Gove Vidal's Dreaming War and Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace

Black Box Voting - Bev Harris

The Great Unraveling - Paul Krugman

The Greatest Sedition is Silence - William Pitt

The Clinton Wars - Sidney Blumenthal

The New Pearl Harbor - Griffin (I think, not out yet)

The Twentieth Century - Howard Zinn

on edit:

The Bush Dyslexicon - Mark Crispen Miller

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

20. I'm reading "The Clinton Wars" now --

so much (as a Brit) I had no idea about. Still can't quite believe how the obsessive & vindictive the whole "Get Clinton" hunt was. Anyway, on the first 300-odd pages I'd highly, highly recommend this book.

[yardwork]

7. I recommend American Dynasty by Kevin Phillips

Subtitle: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush.

The book (written by another Republican!) is a biography of four generations of Bushes. It's a real eye-opener. These guys have been manipulating, stealing, and amassing wealth since the mid-19th century, all the time pretending to be "of the people."

Kind of rips the rug out from under Republican attempts to smear Kerry for being wealthy and privileged.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

8. I would add

The Radical Reader (McCarthy and McMillian) and The I Hate Republicans Reader (Willis).

Throw in Stupid White Guys and Dude Who Stole My Country, both my Moore, as well.


And the Federalist Papers.

[Blue-Jay]

9. "The Book On Bush (How George W (Mis)leads America)"

Eric Alterman & Mark Green.

[LincolnMcGrath]

10. WRP

[LincolnMcGrath]

12. Next

[LincolnMcGrath]

13. Current

[never cry wolf]

14. Check out khep's list in the meeting room

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=111x19362

[ElsewheresDaughter]

15. "Like No Other Time"...the senate...by Daschle

[Jeebo]

16. "ROGUE STATE" by T.D. Allman

I just picked up an EXCELLENT Bush-bashing book at Barnes & Noble and even though I've only read the first 40 pages of it, already I can tell it's a GREAT book. The full title (wouldn't fit in subject line) is

ROGUE STATE
America at War
With the World

by T.D. Allman

The title of the Prologue is "The Most Dangerous Man in the World" and I'll type in the first two paragraphs for you ... well, no I won't, as much as I would love to, because I just read the copyright information and I'm not sure I can legally do that ("No part of this publication may be reproduced ... except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages ... for ... a magazine, newspaper or broadcast." I guess I would be the "reviewer," but could a post on an Internet message board be considered a "broadcast"? If so, then I could do it, but I'm not sure, so I won't) or that it won't violate DU posting rules. But you can tell what the book is about from its title and the prologue's title. It's a Nation Books paperbook and sells for $14.95.

Ron

[Arkana]

19. update 2

1. "The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, The White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill" by Ron Suskind

2. "Against All Enemies," Richard Clarke

3. "The Lies of George W. Bush," David Corn

4. "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy," Greg Palast

5. "House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between The World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties," by Craig Unger

6. "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look At The Right," by Al Franken

7. "Blinded By The Right," by David Brock (courtesy of Mom_and_Dad)

8. "When Corporations Rule The World", by David Corten (courtesy of Mouse7)

The next few are courtesy of "nostamj":

9. "Big Lies", by Joe Conason

10. "Dude, Where's My Country?", by Michael Moore

11. "Bushwhacked!", by Molly Ivins

12. "Dreaming War," by Gore Vidal

13. "Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace," by Gore Vidal

14. "Black Box Voting," by Bev Harris

15. "The Great Unraveling," by Paul Krugman

16. "The Greatest Sedition is Silence," by William Pitt

17. "The Clinton Wars," by Sidney Blumenthal

18. "American Dynasty," by Kevin Phillips (courtesy of yardwork)

19. "Rogue State," by T.D. Allman (courtesy of Jeebo)

I'm only choosing the ones I think should be ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED. Some can just be read on the side--I had qualms about Moore's books being up here...I don't know if he's exactly "required reading," but he's funny as hell.

Here's some more of mine people may not have heard of:

20. "Is Our Children Learning?: The Case Against President George W. Bush," by Paul Begala

21. "Jews For Buchanan," John Nichols

Remember: REQUIRED READING!

[JohnLocke]

28. A bunch here:

"Four Trials" by John Edwards
"Black Box Voting: Ballot Tampering in the 21st Century" by Bev Harris with David Allen
"Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption are Undermining America" by Arianna Huffington

[truizm]

17. Manufacturing Consent, Understanding Power, and Media Control by Chomsky

[alarcojon]

30. Hegemony or Survival

“Noam Chomsky . . . is a major scholarly resource. Not to have read him is to court genuine ignorance.”
--The Nation

[KoKo]

18. Eric Alterman's "What Liberal Media." A must read to see how

the Media manipulates and how it started it's decline during the Clinton administration. Has a some good stuff about the "financial media" also.

It's an interesting and quick read.

[JohnLocke]

21. "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser

[JohnLocke]

22. "Supreme Injustice: How the Supreme Court Hijacked Election 2000"

Alan Dershowitz.

[Jeebo]

23. "Thieves in High Places" by Jim Hightower

The full title is "Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country and It's Time to Take It Back". It covers a lot of subject matter, and if humor has any value as a tool of persuasion, this book is priceless. It has one of the two best anti-Wal-Mart chapters I've ever read, Chapter 10 entitled "Wal-Mart: How to Play Beat the Devil." (The other best anti-Wal-Mart chapter is "What Price a Store-Gasm" in Greg Palast's book, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy".)

Ron

[Jim Sagle]

24. "The Hunting of the President" by Joe Conason & Gene Lyons

[Jim Sagle]

25. "Fools for Scandal: How the Media Invented Whitewater" by Gene Lyons and

the editors of Harper's Magazine

[JohnLocke]

26. John Dean: "Worse Than Watergate, The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush"

[Unknown Known]

27. "The Hunting of the President" - Conason & Lyons

Also, "Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up" by Lawrence Walsh

"Hatred's Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism"
by Dore Gold

"Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude"
by Robert Baer

[LincolnMcGrath]

29. Thieves in High Places

[rainy]

31. The Sorrows Of Empire

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[LeftwingPitbull]

32. Don't forget..

The great Michael Moore.

[LincolnMcGrath]

33. Welcome fellow EvilDUer!

[sangha]

34. Another recommendation for American Dynasty by Kevin Phillips

also, his Wealth and Democracy is also required reading

[LincolnMcGrath]

35. BAM

Someone should compile this and Kephs list! Anyone? Anyone?

[mmonk]

36. "The Sorrows of Empire" Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic

by Chalmers Johnson. Read that and Clarke's book and that will be all you need (or your nerves can tolerate).