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[–] Spaceape 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

If you like it vitriolic. Gore Vidal Armegeddon a series of essays focussed on the figures in the eighties.

I'm not much use on the dry historical political stuff I grew up reading all the stuff from my parents generation Churchills Second World War Rise and Fall of the Third Reich etc

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Paul Kennedy was one I used to read for a sense of the long game in world political history

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[–] nomenimion 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

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[–] volcano_magma 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Try anything by David Halberstam. 'The Best and the Brightest', about JFK and his administration, is an excellent read for example.

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[–] Adict 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I really enjoy books from michael parenti. Here is something you can listen too to get an idea of how he thinks. This is more of sociology though.

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[–] flashurnands 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Not a primary genre of mine but I recently became interested in this book:

The Imperial Presidency by Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger

The Imperial Presidency traces the growth of presidential power over two centuries, from George Washington to George W. Bush, examining how it has both served and harmed the Constitution...

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[–] genericDrugs [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Just ordered on Amazon :)

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[–] flashurnands 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Awesome! There are some real eye openers in there about how we've gotten to this point. The trend from wars being officially declared, as intended, to presidentially directed "peacing keeping operations" and such. The parts about foreign affairs and international agreements are also interesting when put into our current TPP perspective. Just keep in mind it's a history book and it can be pretty dry.