Eric Hoffer - The True Believer. Why people are seduced by mass movements, whether political or religious.
V.S. Naipaul - Among the Believers. A collection of vignettes about Islam in non-Arab countries.
Reza Aslan - No God But God, Beyond Fundamentalism. A non boring history of Islam. An explanation of the difference between jihadic and nationalistic movements in Islam.
Deer Hunting With Jesus - Joe Bageant. Why poor white Americans vote Republican.
Robert D. Kaplan - Imperial Grunts, Hog Pilots, Monsoon, Revenge of Geography. First two are a look into the current state of deployed US Military. Monsoon is about the importance of the Indian Ocean area, and Revenge of Geography is about the importance of geography in shaping geopolitics.
John McPhee - Annals of the Former World. History of North America from a geological perspective.
V.S. Naipaul - Among the Believers. A collection of vignettes about Islam in non-Arab countries.
Reza Aslan - No God But God, Beyond Fundamentalism. A non boring history of Islam. An explanation of the difference between jihadic and nationalistic movements in Islam.
Deer Hunting With Jesus - Joe Bageant. Why poor white Americans vote Republican.
Robert D. Kaplan - Imperial Grunts, Hog Pilots, Monsoon, Revenge of Geography. First two are a look into the current state of deployed US Military. Monsoon is about the importance of the Indian Ocean area, and Revenge of Geography is about the importance of geography in shaping geopolitics.
John McPhee - Annals of the Former World. History of North America from a geological perspective.