Books to read

[Legend1104]

I am new to this site and this is my first post/thread so if this is not the correct place for this forgive me. Anyway, I have spent the last year reading and learning everything I could. I have read books of all sorts of topics like Human Action, the Anti-Federalist Papers, The Heritage Guide to the Constitution, New Deal or Raw Deal, Common Sense, End the Fed, The Real Lincoln, etc. I was just wondering if any one had any other good books I could read. I am especially weak in the areas of American-Middle Eastern modern history, the progressive movement, and law.

[Andrew-Austin]

List of books: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=129762

Another list: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=79751

Free audio books: http://mises.org/media.aspx?action=category&ID=159


Enjoy!


I am especially weak in the areas of American-Middle Eastern modern history, the progressive movement, and law.

One of the few books on foreign policy I've read is Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner, I liked it / found it interesting.

[sevin]

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[Galileo Galilei]

Recommended Libertarian Related Books
http://www.barrettforcongress.us/libertarian.htm#Recommended

The Law

by Frederic Bastiat

http://www.amazon.com/Law-Frederic-Bastiat/dp/1572460733

Send In The Waco Killers: Essays on the Freedom Movement, 1993-1998

by Vin Suprynowicz

http://www.amazon.com/Send-Waco-Killers-Movement-1993-1998/dp/0967025907

Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country

by Peter McWilliams

http://www.amazon.com/Aint-Nobodys-Business-You-Consensual/dp/0931580587

Healing Our World in an Age of Aggression

by Dr. Mary Ruwart

http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Our-World-Age-Aggression/dp/0963233661

The Revolution: A Manifesto

by Ron Paul

http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Manifesto-Ron-Paul/dp/0446537519

Libertarianism in One Lesson

by David Bergland

http://www.amazon.com/Libertarianism-One-Lesson-David-Bergland/dp/0940643006

Why Government Doesn't Work

by Harry Browne

http://www.amazon.com/Government-Doesnt-Work-Harry-Browne/dp/0965603601

Others: Third-Party Politics From the Nation's Founding to the Rise and Fall of the Greenback-Labor Party

by Darcy G. Richardson

http://www.amazon.com/Others-Third-Party-Politics-Founding-Greenback-Labor/dp/0595663974

Constitutional Chaos: What Happens When the Government Breaks Its Own Laws

by Andrew P. Napolitano

http://www.amazon.com/Constitutional-Chaos-Happens-Government-Breaks/dp/0785260838

Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed: A Judicial Indictment Of War On Drugs

by Judge James Gray

http://www.amazon.com/Why-Drug-Laws-Have-Failed/dp/1566398606

Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty

by Randy E. Barnett

http://www.amazon.com/Restoring-Lost-Constitution-Presumption-Liberty/dp/0691123764

The Titanic Story: Hard Choices, Dangerous Decisions

by Stephen D. Cox

http://www.amazon.com/Titanic-Story-Choices-Dangerous-Decisions/dp/0812693965

Good To Be King: The Foundation of Our Constitutional Freedom

by Michael Badnarik

http://www.amazon.com/Good-Be-King-Foundation-Constitutional/dp/1594110964

The Road to Serfdom Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

by F. A. Hayek

http://www.amazon.com/Road-Serfdom-Fiftieth-Anniversary/dp/0226320618

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

by Paul Kennedy

http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Great-Powers/dp/0679720197

Atlas Shrugged

by Ayn Rand

http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Shrugged-Anniversary-Ayn-Rand/dp/0525934189

The Collapse of Complex Societies

by Joseph Tainter

http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Complex-Societies-Studies-Archaeology/dp/052138673X

Galileo: His Science and His Significance for the Future of Man (Hardcover)

by Albert Di Canzio

http://www.amazon.com/Galileo-His-Science-Significance-Future/dp/0964129566

James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights

by Richard Labunski

http://www.amazon.com/Madison-Struggle-Pivotal-Moments-American/dp/0195181050

Our Nation Betrayed: From Impeachment to Infinite War

by Garland Favorito

http://www.amazon.com/Our-Nation-Betrayed-Impeachment-Infinite/dp/1582751005

In Defense Of The Constitution

by George W Carey

http://www.amazon.com/DEFENSE-CONSTITUTION-GEORGE-W-CAREY/dp/0865971382

Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution

by Simon Schama

http://www.amazon.com/Citizens-Chronicle-Revolution-Simon-Schama/dp/0679726101

Human History: Viewed As Sovereign Individuals Versus Manipulated Masses

by the Valorian Society

http://www.amazon.com/Human-History-Sovereign-Individuals-Manipulated/dp/0914752235

Charles Renouvier, Philosopher of Liberty

by William Logue

http://www.amazon.ca/Charles-Renouvier-Philosopher-Liberty-William/dp/0807117889

Gangs and Governments: The Human Predicament

by Valorian Society

http://www.amazon.com/Gangs-Governments-Predicament-Valorian-Society/dp/0914752316

Pacificus Helvidius Debates of 1793-1794

by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

http://www.amazon.com/PACIFICUS-HELVIDIUS-DEBATES-1793-179/dp/0865976880

Makers and Takers: How Wealth and Progress Are Made and How They Are Taken Away or Prevented

by Edmund Contoski

http://www.amazon.com/Makers-Takers-Wealth-Progress-Prevented/dp/0965500748

The Triumph of Liberty: A 2,000 Year History Told Through the Lives of Freedom's Greatest Champions

by James Powell

http://www.amazon.com/Triumph-Liberty-Freedoms-Greatest-Champions/dp/068485967X

Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority

by Rose Wilder Lane

http://www.amazon.com/Discovery-Freedom-Struggle-Against-Authority/dp/0930073002

The Mainspring of Human Progress

by Henry Grady Weaver

http://www.amazon.com/Mainspring-Human-Progress-Henry-Weaver/dp/1572460644

The Spirit of the Laws

by Charles de Montesquieu

http://www.amazon.com/Montesquieu-Cambridge-History-Political-Thought/dp/0521369746

Common Sense

by Thomas Paine

http://www.amazon.com/Common-Sense-Dover-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486296024

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-3

by Edward Gibbon

http://www.amazon.com/Decline-Fall-Roman-Empire-Everymans/dp/0679423087

Democracy in America

by Alexis de Tocqueville

http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-America-Signet-Classics-Tocqueville/dp/0451528123

Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787

by James Madison

Click Here

George Mason, Forgotten Founder

by Jeff Broadwater

Click Here

The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction

by Akhil Reed Amar

http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Rights-Creation-Reconstruction/dp/0300082770/ref=pd_sim_b_title_1

Adam, Eve, and the Serpent: Sex and Politics in Early Christianity

by Elaine Pagels

http://www.amazon.com/Adam-Eve-Serpent-Politics-Christianity/dp/0679722327

America's Constitution: A Biography

by Akhil Reed Amar

http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Constitution-Akhil-Reed-Amar/dp/1400062624

Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo

by Galileo Galilei and Stillman Drake

http://www.amazon.com/Discoveries-Opinions-Galileo/dp/0385092393/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210438417&sr=1-2

The Myth of the State

by Ernst Cassirer

http://www.amazon.com/Myth-State-Ernst-Cassirer/dp/0300000367

Marbury v. Madison : The Origins and Legacy of Judicial Review

by William Edward Nelson

http://www.amazon.com/Marbury-v-Madison-Origins-Judicial/dp/0700610626/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210609348&sr=1-3

Science and the Founding Fathers: Science in the Political Thought of Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, and Madison

by I. Bernard Cohen

http://www.amazon.com/Science-Founding-Fathers-Political-Jefferson/dp/039331510X

So Help Me God: The Founding Fathers and the First Great Battle Over Church and State

by Forrest Church

http://www.amazon.com/So-Help-Me-God-Founding/dp/0151011850

The Political Writings of Rufus Choate

by Thomas E. Woods Jr.

http://www.amazon.com/Political-Writings-Rufus-Choate/dp/0895261545

Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950

by Charles Murray

http://www.amazon.com/Human-Accomplishment-Pursuit-Excellence-Sciences/dp/006019247X

We

by Eugene Zamiatin

http://www.amazon.com/We-Eugene-Zamiatin/dp/B000KS9OMW

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

http://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-World-Aldous-Huxley/dp/0060929871

1984

by George Orwell

http://www.amazon.com/1984-George-Orwell/dp/0452262933

Animal Farm

by George Orwell

http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Signet-Classics-George-Orwell/dp/0451526341

Actual Innocence

by Barry Scheck

http://www.amazon.com/Actual-Innocence-Barry-Scheck/dp/0451203658

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

by Hunter S. Thompson

http://www.amazon.com/Fear-Loathing-Las-Vegas-American/dp/0679785892

Libertarianism: a political philosophy for tomorrow

by John Hospers

http://www.amazon.com/Libertarianism-political-philosophy-John-Hospers/dp/0840211635

Angels & Demons

by Dan Brown

http://www.amazon.com/Angels-Demons-Dan-Brown/dp/0743486226

In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson

by Noble E. Jr Cunningham

http://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Reason-Life-Thomas-Jefferson/dp/0345353803

The Presidency of James Madison

by Robert Allen Rutland

http://www.amazon.com/Presidency-James-Madison-American/dp/0700604650

The Person of the Millennium: The Unique Impact of Galileo on World History

by Manfred Weidhorn

http://www.amazon.com/Person-Millennium-Unique-Galileo-History/dp/0595368778

The Bad Popes

by E. R. Chamberlin

http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Popes-E-R-Chamberlin/dp/0880291168

A Philosophical Commentary (Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics)

by Pierre Bayle

Click Here

Reassessing the Presidency : The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom

by John V. Denson

http://www.amazon.com/Reassessing-Presidency-Executive-Decline-Freedom/dp/0945466293

John Adams

by David McCullough

http://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-David-McCullough/dp/0684813637

Webster-Hayne Debate On The Nature of the Union

by Herman Belz

http://www.amazon.com/WEBSTER-HAYNE-DEBATE-NATURE-HERMAN-BELZ/dp/0865972729

Principles Natural/Politic Law (Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics)

by Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui

http://www.amazon.com/PRINCIPLES-NATURAL-POLITIC-Enlightenment-Classics/dp/0865974977

Liberty And Order: First American Party Struggle

by Lance Banning

http://www.amazon.com/LIBERTY-ORDER-FIRST-AMER-PARTY/dp/0865974187

Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America

by Peter Dale Scott

http://www.amazon.com/Cocaine-Politics-Central-America-Updated/dp/0520214498

The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade

by Alfred W. McCoy

http://www.amazon.com/Politics-Heroin-Complicity-Global-Trade/dp/1556524838

The Republic of Letters: The Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison 1776-1826

by James Morton Smith

http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Letters-Correspondence-Jefferson-1776-1826/dp/039303691X

Plagues and Peoples

by William H. McNeill

http://www.amazon.com/Plagues-Peoples-William-H-McNeill/dp/product-description/0385121229

Defeat of the Spanish Armada

by Garrett Mattingly

http://www.amazon.com/Defeat-Spanish-Armada-Garrett-Mattingly/dp/0140077642

The Trial of Socrates

by I.F. Stone

http://www.amazon.com/Trial-Socrates-I-F-Stone/dp/0385260326

Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love

by Dava Sobel

http://www.amazon.com/Galileos-Daughter-Historical-Memoir-Science/dp/0140280553

The Supreme Court Under Marshall And Taney

by R. Kent Newmyer

http://www.amazon.com/Supreme-Court-Marshall-American-History/dp/0882952412

The Prince and The Discourses on Livy

by Niccolo Machiavelli

http://www.amazon.com/Prince-Discourses-Niccolo-Machiavelli/dp/0075535777

Master of the World

by Jules Verne

http://www.amazon.com/Master-World-Jules-Verne/dp/0816704597

The Mysterious Island

by Jules Verne

http://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Island-Modern-Library-Classics/dp/0812972120

Plato Unmasked: The Dialogues Made New

by Keith Quincy

http://www.amazon.com/Plato-Unmasked-Dialogues-Made-New/dp/0910055904

Gideon's Trumpet

by Anthony Lewis

http://www.amazon.com/Gideons-Trumpet-Anthony-Lewis/dp/0679723129

Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe

http://www.amazon.com/Things-Fall-Apart-Chinua-Achebe/dp/0385474547

A Defense of Galileo the Mathematician from Florence

by Thomas Campanella

http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Galileo-Mathematician-Florence/dp/0268008698

James Madison: A Biography

by Ralph Ketcham

http://www.amazon.com/James-Madison-Biography-Ralph-Ketcham/dp/0813912652

James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity

by Harry Ammon

http://www.amazon.com/James-Monroe-Quest-National-Identity/dp/0813912660

The Last of the Fathers: James Madison & The Republican Legacy

by Drew R. McCoy

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Fathers-Madison-Republican-Legacy/dp/0521407729

Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress

by Joseph Wheelan

http://www.amazon.com/Adamss-Last-Crusade-Extraordinary-Post-Presidential/dp/0786720123

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared M. Diamond

http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393317552

Intellectuals

by Paul M. Johnson

http://www.amazon.com/Intellectuals-Paul-M-Johnson/dp/0060916575

The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes's Leviathan

by Patricia Springborg

http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Companion-Leviathan-Companions-Philosophy/dp/0521545218

The Cambridge Companion to Kant

by Paul Guyer

http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Companion-Kant-Companions-Philosophy/dp/0521367689

John Brown

by W.E.B. Du Bois

http://www.amazon.com/John-Brown-Modern-Library-Classics/dp/0679783539

Geronimo: His Own Story: The Autobiography of a Great Patriot Warrior

by Geronimo

http://www.amazon.com/Geronimo-Story-Autobiography-Patriot-Warrior/dp/0452011558

Silent Coup: The Removal of a President

by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin

http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Coup-President-Len-Colodny/dp/0312051565

Origen Against Plato Ashgate Studies in Philosophy & Theology in Late Antiquity)

by Mark J. Edwards

http://www.amazon.com/Against-Ashgate-Philosophy-Theology-Antiquity/dp/075460828X

Joan of Arc: Her Story

by Régine Pernoud

http://www.amazon.com/Joan-Arc-Story-R%C3%A9gine-Pernoud/dp/0312227302

The Genius of George Washington

by Edmund Morgan

http://www.amazon.com/Genius-George-Washington-Rogers-Lecture/dp/0393000605

The Enlightenment: The Science of Freedom

by Peter Gay

http://www.amazon.com/Enlightenment-Science-Freedom-Peter-Gay/dp/0393313662

Athenian Democracy

by P. J. Rhodes

http://www.amazon.com/Athenian-Democracy-Edinburgh-Readings-Ancient/dp/0195221400

America's Prisoner:: The Memoirs of Manuel Noriega

by Peter Eisner

http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Prisoner-Memoirs-Manuel-Noriega/dp/0679432272

A History of Western Philosophy

by Bertrand Russell

http://www.amazon.com/History-Western-Philosophy-Bertrand-Russell/dp/0671201581

Western Intellectual Tradition: From Leonardo to Hegel

by Jacob Bronowski

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Intellectual-Tradition-Leonardo-Hegel/dp/0061330019

Oscar Wilde: A biography

by H. Montgomery Hyde

http://www.amazon.com/Oscar-Wilde-biography-Montgomery-Hyde/dp/0374227470

Encyclopedia of Philosophy 5v Set

by Macmillan Publishing

http://www.amazon.ca/Encyclopedia-Philosophy-1-5v-Set/dp/0028646517


The New Science of Giambattista Vico

http://www.amazon.com/Science-Giambattista-Vico-Cornell-Paperbacks/dp/0801492653


John Jay: Founding Father
by Walter Stahr

http://www.amazon.com/John-Jay-Founding-Walter-Stahr/dp/1852854448

Recommended Libertarian Related Books
http://www.barrettforcongress.us/libertarian.htm#Recommended

[cindy25]

James Clavell- Whirlwind

Harry Browne (anything)

[sevin]

Let's not overwhelm him.

The question is, what one book should he read next?

[RyanRSheets]

I would focus on the historical stuff. Philosophy is a tough sell.

[cindy25]

How I Found Freedom in an unfree world, by Harry Browne

Goldwater's Conscience of a Conservative

Rahm Emanuel's The Plan (know thy enemy)

and above all The Art of War, by Sun Tzu

[RJT]

Murray Rothbard's favorites:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/gordon/gordon25.html

[Che]

welcome to the Forum!

[Austrian Econ Disciple]

If he wants to know about American-Arab relations I would recommend Killing Hope: American Military and CIA Interventions since WWII by Blum. It is an awesome book, and Chomsky recommends it. Chomsky knows his shit when it comes to Foreign Policy.

[TastyWheat]

I've never read a Michael Scheuer book, but he's an expert on Middle Eastern relations so they probably contain a fair bit of modern history (mostly from a foreign policy perspective). Good luck finding a book that doesn't have any bias against Islam.

[TroySmith]

I've never read a Michael Scheuer book, but he's an expert on Middle Eastern relations so they probably contain a fair bit of modern history (mostly from a foreign policy perspective). Good luck finding a book that doesn't have any bias against Islam.


Imperial Hubris is great. I haven't read his most recent work however.

[Goldhunter27]

Imperial Hubris is great. I haven't read his most recent work however.

That's good, also Through Our Enemies Eyes.

Economics In One Lesson (though if you read Human Action it might be unnecessary)
I just finished Nation Of Sheep, I recommend it.

I was just about to post a thread about book suggestions. I went to Barnes & Noble last night and I found their selection to be absolute shit. They only had one book I was looking for, New Deal or Raw Deal but I ended up picking up American Lion.

Has anyone read Lincoln Unmasked? I'm wondering if I should get that or The Real Abraham Lincoln.

[Galileo Galilei]

That's good, also Through Our Enemies Eyes.

Economics In One Lesson (though if you read Human Action it might be unnecessary)
I just finished Nation Of Sheep, I recommend it.

I was just about to post a thread about book suggestions. I went to Barnes & Noble last night and I found their selection to be absolute shit. They only had one book I was looking for, New Deal or Raw Deal but I ended up picking up American Lion.

Has anyone read Lincoln Unmasked? I'm wondering if I should get that or The Real Abraham Lincoln.

They're both excellent. If you have to choose one, get the one that has the lower price or is more convenient to obtain.

If all is equal, then get the Real Lincon be Linoln Unmasked is a followup to it.

[Legend1104]

Thanks for the suggestions. I just wish I could read faster. At best, I can only get through a book a week. That puts me around 5 books a year. Just too slow.

[Chieftain1776]

I am new to this site and this is my first post/thread so if this is not the correct place for this forgive me. Anyway, I have spent the last year reading and learning everything I could. I have read books of all sorts of topics like Human Action, the Anti-Federalist Papers, The Heritage Guide to the Constitution, New Deal or Raw Deal, Common Sense, End the Fed, The Real Lincoln, etc. I was just wondering if any one had any other good books I could read. I am especially weak in the areas of American-Middle Eastern modern history, the progressive movement, and law.


I'll recommend what I've read or is on the to-read list

Middle East

Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism by Robert A. Pape
Imperial Hubris by Michael Scheuer

The Progressive Movement:

Liberal Fascism by Jonah Golberg

Law

These have been on my "to read list" forever

Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty by Randy Barnett

The Enterprise of Law: Justice Without the State and To Serve and Protect:Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice both by Bruce Benson are a look at how criminal justice were and can be provided privately.

[Austrian Econ Disciple]

I'll recommend what I've read or is on the to-read list

Middle East

Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism by Robert A. Pape
Imperial Hubris by Michael Scheuer

The Progressive Movement:

Liberal Fascism by Jonah Golberg

Law

These have been on my "to read list" forever

Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty by Randy Barnett

The Enterprise of Law: Justice Without the State and To Serve and Protect:Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice both by Bruce Benson are a look at how criminal justice were and can be provided privately.

For a good read on Market Defense check out the Chapter in Man, Economy, State Power&Market, Myth of National Defense by Hoppe, and this from the Tannehills:

http://mises.org/daily/4021

You can read all of these works on www.mises.org

[lester1/2jr]

legend1104- human action is EXTREMELY difficult! especially the first half.

I'd recommend listening to this one Defending the undefendable

http://mises.org/media.aspx?action=category&ID=143

it easy to understand and gives a good overview of the way austrians and libertarians think.

not to disparage human action it's just very very dry in places