Recommended Reading List of 2019
Recommended Reading from my list for 2019:
Firefighting by Bernanke, Geithner, and Paulson
The story of the Great Recession, and how Bernanke, Geithner, and Paulson worked to prevent a depression.
United by Cory Booker
A memoir of Cory's time in Newark, New Jersey to his Senate run.
The Dictator's Handbook by Bueno de Mesquita and Smith.
How non-democratic governments maintain power, despite not being elected.
The Back Channel by William Burns
A memoir from the US State Department, from the fall of the Soviet Union to the Iran Nuclear Deal.
Grit by Angela Duckworth
The science behind people who pursue long-term goals.
Leadership in Tumultuous Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Short biographies of the lives of Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson. Highly readable and engaging.
World Order by Henry Kissinger
A whirlwind tour of world history.
How Democracies Die by Levinsky and Ziblatt.
Modern accounts of how democracies become less democratic.
Murphy's Law by Jack Murphy
A Green Beret's account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.
Masters of Chaos by Linda Robinson
History of the US Special Forces since the 1980s.
Firefighting by Bernanke, Geithner, and Paulson
The story of the Great Recession, and how Bernanke, Geithner, and Paulson worked to prevent a depression.
United by Cory Booker
A memoir of Cory's time in Newark, New Jersey to his Senate run.
The Dictator's Handbook by Bueno de Mesquita and Smith.
How non-democratic governments maintain power, despite not being elected.
The Back Channel by William Burns
A memoir from the US State Department, from the fall of the Soviet Union to the Iran Nuclear Deal.
Grit by Angela Duckworth
The science behind people who pursue long-term goals.
Leadership in Tumultuous Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Short biographies of the lives of Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson. Highly readable and engaging.
World Order by Henry Kissinger
A whirlwind tour of world history.
How Democracies Die by Levinsky and Ziblatt.
Modern accounts of how democracies become less democratic.
Murphy's Law by Jack Murphy
A Green Beret's account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.
Masters of Chaos by Linda Robinson
History of the US Special Forces since the 1980s.
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