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Books that help one understand American politics, the issues of our age, and especially presidential elections. Please add additional books that shape understanding and provide commentary!
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Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters
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Gleb Tsipursky (Goodreads Author)
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The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left
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Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism
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Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America
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The Liberal Record: How Liberals Changed the World
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Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
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The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens and How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful Armed Rebellion Since the Revolution
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Chris DeRose (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 340 ratings
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The Ailing Nation: Lessons From the Bedside for America's Leaders
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Hope, Fear & Elections: How Cultural Cycles Predict Who Wins The White House
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Tyler Clark (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Constitution of the United States with Index and The Declaration of Independence
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4.44 avg rating — 27,277 ratings
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
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Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism
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The Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation
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How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative
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3.69 avg rating — 255 ratings
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U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) (Books of American Wisdom)
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Anthem
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How to Rig an Election
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3.94 avg rating — 326 ratings
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The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States
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Thomas Paine and the Promise of America
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His Excellency: George Washington
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Living History
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The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
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4.15 avg rating — 23,939 ratings
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Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War
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Helen Thorpe (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 2,319 ratings
score: 92,
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The Red Bandanna: A Life. A Choice. A Legacy.
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4.26 avg rating — 4,123 ratings
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Edmund Burke: The First Conservative
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3.89 avg rating — 523 ratings
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The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government
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Fergus M. Bordewich (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 649 ratings
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Collected Writings: Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters
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4.26 avg rating — 1,727 ratings
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Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations
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Craig Nelson (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 1,988 ratings
score: 87,
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The Importance Of The Electoral College
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George Grant (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Securing Democracy: Why We Have An Electoral College
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3.91 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Obamas
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3.69 avg rating — 2,266 ratings
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