Books

The founders of Forum for Democracy highly recommend these Books

The books listed on this page were some of the major sources of ideas and inspiration for Forum for Democracy. We believe that every citizen will benefit from reading these books. They are especially useful if you are enrolled in Forum for Democracy for college credit.

 

A People's History of the United States

by Howard Zinn

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by
Jared Diamond

 

Blowback Triology

by Chalmers Johnson

Collected Works/Common Sense
by
Tom Paine

 

The Great Turning
by
David Korten

Broken Government
by
John Dean

 

Confesions of an Economic Hitman
by
John Perkins



House of War
by
James Carroll


 

Legacy of Ashes
by
Tim Weiner

Team of Rivals (Hardcover) 
by
Doris Kearns Goodwin (Author) 

 

The World is Flat 3.0

by Thomas Friedman

The World is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century [AUDIOBOOK] [CD] (Audio CD)
by
Thomas L. Friedman (Author), Oliver Wyman (Narrator)

 

The Nine, Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Tobin

We the Media: Grassroots Journalism By the People, For the People (Paperback)
by
Dan Gillmor (Author)

 

An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming (Hardcover)
by
Al Gore (Author)

Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools (Paperback)
by
Jonathan Kozol (Author)

 

Breaking The News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy (Paperback)
by
James Fallows (Author)



The Wisdom of Crowds (Paperback)
by
James Surowiecki


 

Freedom For The Thought We Hate, A Biography of the First Amendment
by
Anthony Lewis

Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (Paperback) 
by
Thomas E. Ricks (Author)

 

 

The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose (Paperback) 
by
Tony Zinni (Author), Tony Koltz (Author)

 

America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It (Hardcover) 
by
Mark Steyn (Author)

 

 

The Intellectual Devotional: American History: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently about Our Nation's Past (Hardcover) 
by
David S. Kidder (Author), Noah D. Oppenheim (Author)

 

The Face of the Tiger (Paperback) 
by
Mark Steyn (Author)

 

On The Wealth of Nations (Books That Changed the World) (Hardcover) 
by
P. J. O'Rourke (Author)

 

The New American Story (Hardcover) 
by
Bill Bradley (Author)

 

 

Where Have All the Leaders Gone? (Hardcover) 
by
Lee Iacocca (Author)

 

The Reagan Diaries (Hardcover) 
by
Ronald Reagan (Author

 

The Assault on Reason (Hardcover) 
by
Al Gore (Author)

 

An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It (Paperback) 
by
Al Gore (Author)

 

 

Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 (Hardcover) 
by
Michael R. Beschloss (Author)

 

Miles Gone By  
by
William F. Buckley (Author)

 

 
 

The Age of American Unreason  
by
Susan Jacoby (Author)