326 Political Book Summaries --- The
CapitolReader.Com Catalog
(8-page executive summaries of each of these books
are available now)
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Book Title |
Author |
Released |
1 |
40 More Years |
Carville, James |
2009 |
2 |
A Call To Service |
Kerry, John |
2004 |
3 |
A Deficit of Decency |
Miller, Zell |
2005 |
4 |
A Glorious Disaster |
Middendorf II, J.William |
2007 |
5 |
A Long Time Coming |
Thomas, Evan and the Staff of
Newsweek |
2009 |
6 |
A Matter of Character |
Kessler, Ronald |
2004 |
7 |
A Nation of Sheep |
Napolitano, Judge Andrew P. |
2008 |
8 |
A Second Opinion |
Relman, M.D., Arnold S. |
2007 |
9 |
Active Liberty |
Breyer, Stephen G. |
2006 |
10 |
America and the World |
Brzezinski, Zbigniew &Scowcroft, B. |
2009 |
11 |
America Back on Track |
Kennedy, Senator Edward M. |
2006 |
12 |
America Between the Wars |
Chollet, Derek & Goldgeier, J. |
2008 |
13 |
American Creation |
Ellis, Joseph J. |
2008 |
14 |
American Fascists |
Hedges, Chris |
2007 |
15 |
American Mourning |
Moy, Catherine & Morgan,
Melanie |
2006 |
16 |
American Soldier |
Franks, General Tommy |
2004 |
17 |
American Theocracy |
Phillips, Kevin |
2006 |
18 |
An Army of Davids |
Reynolds, Glenn |
2006 |
19 |
An Inconvenient Book |
Beck, Glenn |
2008 |
20 |
Animal Spirits |
Akerlof, George A. |
2009 |
21 |
Another Man’s Sombrero |
Ankarlo, Darrell |
2008 |
22 |
Applied Economics |
Sowell, Thomas |
2009 |
23 |
Arguing with Idiots |
Beck, Glenn |
2009 |
24 |
Bamboozled |
McGlowan, Angela |
2007 |
25 |
Banker to the Poor |
Yunus, Muhammad |
2007 |
26 |
Because He Could |
Morris Dick |
2004 |
27 |
Black in the White House |
Christie, Ron J |
2006 |
28 |
Black Rednecks and White Liberals |
Sowell, Thomas |
2006 |
29 |
Blackwater |
Scahill, Jeremy |
2007 |
30 |
Blessed Unrest |
Hawken, Paul |
2007 |
31 |
Blocking the Courthouse Door |
Mencimer, Stephanie |
2007 |
32 |
Blog |
Hewitt, Hugh |
2005 |
33 |
Bloggers on the Bus |
Boehlert, Eric |
2009 |
34 |
Born Digital |
Palfrey, John |
2009 |
35 |
Boys Adrift |
Sax, Leonard |
2008 |
36 |
Broken Government |
Dean, John W. |
2007 |
37 |
Brothers |
Talbot, David |
2007 |
38 |
Buck Wild |
Slivinski, Stephen A. |
2006 |
39 |
Bush Must Go |
Press, Bill |
2004 |
40 |
Bushworld |
Dowd, Maureen |
2004 |
41 |
CAFTA and Free Trade |
Spotts, Greg |
2005 |
42 |
Camelot and the Cultural Revolution |
Piereson ,James |
2007 |
43 |
Cape Wind |
Williams, Wendy |
2007 |
44 |
Censorship |
Jennings, Brian |
2009 |
45 |
Chain of Command |
Hersh ,Seymour M. |
2004 |
46 |
Character |
Wallace, Chris |
2004 |
47 |
China |
Menges, Constantine C |
2005 |
48 |
China, Inc |
Fishman, Ted C |
2005 |
49 |
China: The Balance Sheet |
The Center for Strategic and International
Studies |
2006 |
50 |
Code Red |
Dranove, David |
2008 |
51 |
Collapse |
Diamond, Jared |
2005 |
52 |
Come Hell or High Water |
Dyson, Michael Eric |
2006 |
53 |
Come on People " |
Cosby, Bill & Poussaint, MD, Alvin F. |
2007 |
54 |
Confessions of an Economic
Hit Man |
Perkins, John |
2005 |
55 |
Conservatives Without Conscience |
Dean, John W. |
2006 |
56 |
Constitutional Chaos |
Napolitano, Judge Andrew P. |
2005 |
57 |
Countdown to Crisis |
Timmerman, Kenneth R |
2005 |
58 |
Crimes Against Nature |
Kennedy, Jr. Robert F |
2005 |
59 |
Culturally Incorrect |
Parsley, Rod |
2007 |
60 |
Dead Certain |
Draper, Robert |
2007 |
61 |
Democracy’s Good Name |
Mandelbaum, Michael |
2007 |
62 |
Diplomatic Divorce
|
Kilgannon, Thomas P. |
2006 |
63 |
Disinformation |
Miniter, Richard |
2006 |
64 |
Divided America |
Black, Earl & Black, Merle |
2007 |
65 |
Don’t Think of an Elephant! |
Lakoff, George |
2004 |
66 |
Dread |
Alcabes, Philip |
2009 |
67 |
Dreams From My Father |
Obama, Barack |
2005 |
68 |
Dying to Win |
Pape, Robert A. |
2005 |
69 |
Eco-Freaks |
Berlau, John |
2007 |
70 |
Economic Facts and Fallacies |
Sowell, Thomas |
2008 |
71 |
Economic Gangsters |
Fisman, Raymond |
2009 |
72 |
Election 2004 |
Thomas, Evan and the Staff of
Newsweek |
2005 |
73 |
Empire of Debt |
Bonner, William |
2006 |
74 |
Empire of Illusion |
Hedges, Chris |
2010 |
75 |
Encore |
Freedman, Marc |
2007 |
76 |
Ethical Realism |
Lieven, Anatol |
2006 |
77 |
Exporting America |
Dobbs, Lou |
2004 |
78 |
Extreme Competition |
Fingar, Peter |
2007 |
79 |
Faith and Politics |
Danforth, Senator John |
2006 |
80 |
Fault Lines |
Rajan, Raghuram G. |
2010 |
81 |
Flat Tax Revolution |
Forbes, Steve |
2005 |
82 |
Flying High |
Buckley, Jr.William F. |
2008 |
83 |
Food, Inc. |
Weber, Karl |
2009 |
84 |
Fooled Again |
Miller, Mark |
2006 |
85 |
Foxes in the Henhouse |
Jarding, Steve & Sauders, Dave |
2006 |
86 |
Freedom for the Thought That
We Hate |
Lewis, Anthony |
2008 |
87 |
Getting Green Done |
Schendler, Auden |
2009 |
88 |
God’s Politics |
Wallis, Jim |
2005 |
89 |
Gross National Happiness |
Brooks, Arthur C. |
2008 |
90 |
Gusher of Lies |
Bryce, Robert |
2008 |
91 |
Hardball |
Matthews, Chris |
2005 |
92 |
Hide and Seek |
Duelfer, Charles |
2009 |
93 |
Holy War on the Home Front |
Kushne, Harvey & Davis, Bart |
2005 |
94 |
Hoodwinked |
Cashill, Jack |
2005 |
95 |
How to Rig an Election |
Raymond, Allen |
2008 |
96 |
How to Talk to a Liberal |
Coulter, Ann |
2004 |
97 |
I Don’t Believe in Atheists |
Hedges, Chris |
2008 |
98 |
I.O.U. |
Lanchester, John |
2010 |
99 |
Imperial Grunts |
Kaplan, Robert D |
2005 |
100 |
Imperial Hubris |
ANONYMOUS |
2004 |
101 |
In Defense of the Religious
Right |
Hynes, Patrick |
2006 |
102 |
In Mortal Danger |
Tancredo, Tom |
2006 |
103 |
Independents Day |
Dobbs, Lou |
2007 |
104 |
Indivisible |
Zoller, Martha |
2006 |
105 |
Indoctrination U |
Horowitz, David |
2007 |
106 |
Innocent Abroad |
Indyk, Martin |
2009 |
107 |
Intellectuals and Society |
Sowell, Thomas |
2010 |
108 |
Iraq Confidential |
Ritter, Scott |
2005 |
109 |
It Takes a Pillage |
Prins, Nomi |
2010 |
110 |
It’s My Party Too |
Whitman, Christine Todd |
2005 |
111 |
It’s Not as Bad as You Think |
Wesbury, Brian S |
2010 |
112 |
John F. Kennedy on Leadership |
Barnes, John A. |
2005 |
113 |
John McCain |
Timberg, Robert |
2008 |
114 |
Just How Stupid Are We |
Shenkman, Rick |
2008 |
115 |
Keynes |
Skidelsky, Robert |
2009 |
116 |
Landmark |
The Staff at the Washington Post |
2010 |
117 |
Leading from the Center |
Troy, Gil |
2008 |
118 |
Left at the Altar |
Winters, Michael Sean |
2008 |
119 |
Liberalism is a Mental
Disorder |
Savage, Michael |
2005 |
120 |
Liberty and Tyranny |
Levin, Mark R. |
2009 |
121 |
Liberty of Conscience |
Nussbaum, Martha |
2008 |
122 |
Life’s a Campaign |
Matthews, Chris |
2007 |
123 |
Many Children Left Behind |
Meier, Deborah |
2005 |
124 |
Marching Toward Hell |
Scheuer, Michael |
2008 |
125 |
Meltdown |
Heuval, Katrina vanden |
2009 |
126 |
Men In Black |
Levin, Mark R |
2005 |
127 |
Mike Bloomberg |
Purnick, Joyce |
2010 |
128 |
Millionaire Republican |
Root, Wayne Allyn |
2006 |
129 |
Misunderestimated
|
Sammon, Bill |
2004 |
130 |
Molly Ivins |
Minutaglio, Bill & Smith, W. |
2009 |
131 |
Muzzled |
Smerconish, Michael A |
2006 |
132 |
New Deal or Raw Deal? |
Folsom Jr. Burton W. |
2009 |
133 |
No End in Sight |
Ferguson, Charles |
2008 |
134 |
Now or Never |
Cafferty, Jack |
2009 |
135 |
Now They Call Me Infidel |
Darwish, Nonie |
2007 |
136 |
Nullification |
Woods Jr, Thomas E. |
2010 |
137 |
Obama Zombies |
Mattera, Jason |
2010 |
138 |
Off Center |
Hacker, Jacob S. |
2006 |
139 |
On the Hunt |
Hunt, Colonel David |
2007 |
140 |
Our Endangered Values |
Carter, Jimmy |
2006 |
141 |
Outfoxed |
Kitty, Alexandra |
2005 |
142 |
Palestine Peace Not Apartheid |
Carter, Jimmy |
2006 |
143 |
Party Crashing |
Goff, Keli |
2008 |
144 |
Perfectly Legal |
Johnston, David Cay |
2005 |
145 |
Planet India |
Kamdar, Mira |
2007 |
146 |
Portfolios of the Poor |
Collins, Daryl |
2009 |
147 |
Presidential Courage |
Beschloss, Michael |
2007 |
148 |
Progressive Hollywood |
Rampell, Ed |
2005 |
149 |
Promises to Keep |
Biden, Joe |
2007 |
150 |
Radicals for Capitalism |
Doherty, Brian |
2007 |
151 |
Radicals in Robes |
Sunstein, Cass R. |
2006 |
152 |
Red State, Blue State, Rich
State, Poor State |
Gelman, Andrew |
2009 |
153 |
Republican Gomorrah |
Gelman, Andrew |
2009 |
154 |
Rumsfeld |
Cockburn, Andrew |
2007 |
155 |
Running On Empty |
Peterson, Peter G. |
2004 |
156 |
Running the World |
Rothkopf, David J. |
2005 |
157 |
Sarah from Alaska |
Conroy, Scott & Walshe, S. |
2010 |
158 |
Saving Israel " |
Gordis, Daniel |
2009 |
159 |
Second Chance |
Brzezinski, Zbigniew |
2007 |
160 |
Shadow War |
Miniter, Richard |
2004 |
161 |
So Help Me God |
Moore, Roy |
2005 |
162 |
Spanking the Donkey |
Taibbi, Matt |
2005 |
163 |
Spychips |
Albrecht, Katherine |
2006 |
164 |
State of Denial |
Woodward, Bob |
2006 |
165 |
State of War |
Risen, James |
2006 |
166 |
Stephen Roach on the Next
Asia |
Roach, Stephen S |
2010 |
167 |
Supreme Chaos |
Pickering, Charles Willis |
2006 |
168 |
Supreme Conflict |
Greenbug, Jan Crawford |
2007 |
169 |
Surrender is Not an Option |
Bolton, John |
2008 |
170 |
Take It Back |
Carville, James & Begala,
Paul |
2006 |
171 |
Taking Heat |
Fleischer, Ari |
2005 |
172 |
Talking Right |
Numberg, Geoffrey |
2006 |
173 |
Tell Me How This Ends |
Robinson, Linda |
2008 |
174 |
Tempting Faith |
Kuo, David |
2006 |
175 |
The Age of Fallibility |
Soros, George |
2006 |
176 |
The Ascent of Money |
Ferguson, Niall |
2008 |
177 |
The Assassin’s Gate |
Packer, George |
2006 |
178 |
The Assault on Reason |
Gore, Al |
2007 |
179 |
The Best Practice |
Kenney ,Charles C. |
2008 |
180 |
The Caged Virgin |
Hirsi Ali, Ayaan |
2006 |
181 |
The Case for Big Goverment |
Madrick, Jeff |
2009 |
182 |
The Case for Democracy |
Sharansky, Natan |
2005 |
183 |
The Case for Goliath |
Mandelbaum, Michael |
2006 |
184 |
The Clinton Crack-Up |
Emmett, Tyrrell Jr R |
2007 |
185 |
The Conscience of a Libertarian |
Root, Wayne Allyn |
2009 |
186 |
The Constitution in Exile |
Napolitano, Judge Andrew P |
2006 |
187 |
The Cure |
Gratzer, Dr David |
2007 |
188 |
The Death and Life of the
Great American School System |
Ravitch, Diane |
2010 |
189 |
The Democracy Index |
Gerken, Heather K. |
2009 |
190 |
The Disposable American |
Uchitelle, Louis |
2006 |
191 |
The Duel |
Ali, Tariq |
2009 |
192 |
The Edge of Disaster |
Flynn, Stephen |
2007 |
193 |
The End of Faith |
Harris, Sam |
2005 |
194 |
The End of Iraq |
Galbraith, Peter W |
2006 |
195 |
The End of Poverty |
Sache, Jeffrey D. |
2005 |
196 |
The End of Prosperity |
Laffer, Arthur B. |
2009 |
197 |
The FairTax Book |
Boortz, Neal |
2006 |
198 |
The Faith of Barack Obama |
Mansfield, Stephen |
2008 |
199 |
The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State |
Feldman, Noah |
2008 |
200 |
The Fall of the House of Bush |
Unger, Craig |
2008 |
201 |
The Family |
Kelley, Kitty |
2004 |
202 |
The Fate of Africa |
Meredith, Martin |
2006 |
203 |
The Foundation |
Fleishman, Joel L. |
2007 |
204 |
The Global Achievement Gap |
Wagner, Tony |
2009 |
205 |
The Great Decision |
Sloan, Cliff |
2009 |
206 |
The Great Depression Ahead |
Dent Jr. Harry S |
2009 |
207 |
The Gridlock Economy |
Dent Jr. Harry S. |
2008 |
208 |
The Housing Boom and Bust |
Sowell, Thomas |
2009 |
209 |
The Idea that Is America |
Slaughter, Anne-Marie |
2007 |
210 |
The Irrational Economist
|
Michel-Kerjan, Erwann &
Slovic, P. |
2010 |
211 |
The Kennedy Assassination – 24 Hours After |
Gillon, Steven M. |
2010 |
212 |
The Leadership Genius of
George W. Bush |
Thompson, Carolyn B. |
2005 |
213 |
The Man Who Sold the World |
Kleinknecht, William |
2009 |
214 |
The Marketing of Evil |
Kupelian, David |
2006 |
215 |
The Misunderstood Years Between the |
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2005 |
216 |
The Most Exclusive Club |
Gould, Lewis L. |
2005 |
217 |
The Most Noble Adventure |
Gould, Lewis L. |
2007 |
42. 218 |
The Motherhood Manifesto |
Gould, Lewis L. |
2006 |
219 |
The Myth of the Rational Voter |
Caplan, Bryan |
2007 |
220 |
The New Asian Hemisphere |
Mahbubani, Kishore |
2008 |
221 |
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets |
Soros, George |
2008 |
222 |
The New Pearl Harbor |
Griffin, David Ray |
2005 |
223 |
The Next Justice |
Eisgruber, Christopher |
2006 |
224 |
The Obama Nation |
Corsi, Jerome R. |
2008 |
225 |
The One Percent Doctrine |
Suskind, Ron |
2006 |
226 |
The Opportunity |
Haass, Richard H. |
2005 |
227 |
The Party Faithful |
Sullivan, Amy |
2008 |
228 |
The Plan |
Emanuel, Rahm & Reed, Bruce |
2006 |
229 |
The Political Brain |
Westen, Drew |
2007 |
230 |
The Political Zoo |
Savage, Michael |
2006 |
231 |
The Politics of Happiness |
Bok, Derek |
2010 |
232 |
The Predator State |
Galbraith, James K. |
2008 |
233 |
The Raw Deal |
Conason, Joe |
2005 |
234 |
The Republican War on Science |
Mooney, Chris |
2005 |
235 |
The Right Nation |
Micklethwait, John |
2005 |
236 |
The Rise and Fall of Modern
American Conservatism |
Faber, David |
2010 |
237 |
The Sages |
Morris, Charles R. |
2009 |
238 |
The Samaritan’s Dilemma |
Stone, Deborah |
2009 |
239 |
The Secret History of the War on Cancer |
Davis, Devra |
2007 |
240 |
The Secret Man |
Woodward, Bob & Bernstein,
Carl |
2005 |
241 |
The Secret War with Iran |
Bergman, Ronen |
2009 |
242 |
The Shadow Party |
Horowitz, David |
2006 |
243 |
The Subprime Solution |
Shiller, Robert J |
2008 |
244 |
The Suicide of Reason |
Harris, Lee |
2007 |
245 |
The Survivor |
Harris, John F. |
2005 |
246 |
The Swamp |
Grunwald, Michael |
2006 |
247 |
The Trillion Dollar Meltdown |
Morris, Charles R. |
2008 |
248 |
The United States of Europe |
Reid, T.R. |
2005 |
249 |
The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy |
York, Byron |
2005 |
250 |
The Victory of Reason |
Stark, Rodney |
2006 |
251 |
The War Within |
Woodward, Bob |
2008 |
252 |
The Way to Win |
Halperin, Mark & Harris, John
F. |
2007 |
253 |
The Way We Will Be 50 Years From Today |
Wallace, Mike & Harris, John F. |
2008 |
254 |
The World Is Flat |
Friedman, Thomas L. |
2005 |
255 |
They Just Don’t Get It |
Hunt, Colonel David |
2005 |
256 |
They Think You’re Stupid |
Cain, Herman |
2005 |
257 |
Think! |
LeGault, Michael R. |
2006 |
258 |
This Moment on Earth |
Kerry, John |
2007 |
259 |
Three Billion New Capitalists |
Prestowitz, Clyde V. |
2005 |
260 |
Three Cups of Tea |
Mortenson, Greg & Relin, D. |
2008 |
261 |
Twilight in the Desert |
Simmons, Matthew R. |
2005 |
262 |
Unequal Democracy |
Bartels, Larry M. |
2008 |
263 |
Unfit For Command |
O'Neil, John E |
2004 |
264 |
Unholy Alliance |
Horowitz, David |
2004 |
265 |
Unscientific America |
Mooney, Chris |
2009 |
266 |
Voices of American Muslims |
Cateura, Linda Brandi |
2005 |
267 |
War of Necessity, War of
Choice |
Haass, Richard H |
2009 |
268 |
War on the Middle Class |
Dobbs, Lou |
2007 |
269 |
Watchdogs of Democracy? |
Thomas, Helen |
2006 |
270 |
What Happened |
McClellan, Scott |
2008 |
271 |
What Makes a Terrorist |
Krueger, Alan B. |
2008 |
272 |
What Orwell Didn’t Know |
Szanto, Andras |
2008 |
273 |
What Would the Founders Do? |
Brookhiser, Richard |
2006 |
274 |
What’s the Matter with California? |
Cashill, Jack |
2007 |
275 |
What’s the Matter with
Kansas? |
Frank, Thomas |
2004 |
276 |
When I’m Sixty-Four |
Ghilarducci, Teresa |
2008 |
277 |
Where The Right Went Wrong |
Buchanan, Patrick J. |
2004 |
278 |
White House Ghosts |
Schlesinger, Robert |
2008 |
279 |
Who Really Cares |
Brooks, Arthur C |
2007 |
280 |
Why I Turned Right |
Eberstadt, Mary |
2007 |
281 |
Willful Blindness |
McCarthy, Andrew C. |
2008 |
282 |
Winner Take All |
Elkus Jr. Richard J. |
2008 |
283 |
Winning the Future |
Gingrich, Newt |
2005 |
Latest
Releases |
284 |
Give Us Liberty |
Armey, Dick & Kibbe, Matt |
2010 |
285 |
No Apology |
Romney, Mitt |
2010 |
286 |
Power Hungry |
Bryce, Robert |
2010 |
287 |
The Frugal Superpower |
Mandelbaum, Michael |
2010 |
288 |
Aftershock |
Reich, Robert B. |
2010 |
289 |
The Backlash |
Bunch, Will |
2010 |
290 |
Decision Points |
Bush, George W. |
2010 |
291 |
Winner-Take-All Politics |
Hacker, Jacob & Pierson, Paul |
2010 |
292 |
Reading Obama |
Kloppenberg, James |
2011 |
293 |
Broke |
Beck, Glenn |
2011 |
294 |
The Master Switch |
Wu, Tim |
2011 |
295 |
The Promise |
Alter, Jonathan |
2011 |
296 |
Wikileaks |
Leigh, David |
2011 |
297 |
Known and Unknown |
Rumsfeld, Donald |
2011 |
298 |
A Simple Government |
Huckabee, Mike |
2011 |
299 |
The Audacity of Hope |
Obama, Barack |
2011 |
300 |
Among the Truthers |
Kay, Jonathan |
2011 |
301 |
Liberty Redefined |
Paul, Ron |
2011 |
302 |
Merchants of Doubt |
Conway, Erik and Oreskes, Naomi |
2011 |
303 |
The Original Argument |
Beck, Glenn |
2011 |
304 |
A Nation Like No Other |
Gingrich, Newt |
2011 |
305 |
Fed Up! |
Perry, Rick |
2011 |
306 |
The Tipping Point |
Gladwell, Malcolm |
2011 |
307 |
That Used To be Us |
Friedman, Thomas and Mandelbaum, Michael |
2011 |
308 |
Republic, Lost |
Lessig, Lawrence |
2011 |
309 |
The Freedom Agenda |
Lee, Mike |
2011 |
310 |
Back to Work |
Clinton, Bill |
2011 |
311 |
Steve Jobs |
Isaacson, Walter |
2011 |
312 |
Time to Get Tough |
Trump, Donald |
2011 |
313 |
Taking People With You |
Novak, David |
2012 |
314 |
Throw Them All Out |
Schweizer, Peter |
2012 |
315 |
Ameritopia |
Levin, Mark |
2012 |
316 |
Smart Trust |
Covey, Stephen M.R. and Link, Greg |
2012 |
317 |
Drift |
Maddow, Rachel |
2012 |
318 |
Abundance |
Diamandis, Peter and Kotler, Steven |
2012 |
319 |
Beyond Outrage |
Reich, Robert |
2012 |
320 |
The Debt Bomb |
Coburn, Tom |
2012 |
321 |
The Amateur |
Edward Klein |
2012 |
322 |
It's Even Worse Than It Looks |
Thomas Mann and Norman
Ornstein |
2012 |
323 |
Speaking Like a Leader |
Judith Humphrey |
2012 |
324 |
How Will You Measure Your Life |
Clayton Christensen, James Allworth and Karen Dillon |
2012 |
325 |
Hostile Takeover |
Matt Kibbe |
2012 |
326 |
It Worked For Me |
Colin Powell |
2012 |
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