“The "Essence of Decision" by Graham Allison. I'm so thankful we did.”
Books mentioned in Saagar Enjeti: Trump, MAGA, DOGE, Obama, FDR, JFK, History & Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast #454
From Lex Fridman Podcast · 2024-12-08
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“who wrote a book in 1939 called "Why England Slept," which to this day is considered a text,”
“shout out to "The Loudest Voice in the Room" by Gabriel Sherman, that book changed my life too,”
“James Carville and it says "40 More Years," how Democrats will never lose an election again.”
“And so one of my favorite books is called "Coming Apart" by Charles Murray.”
“One is called "The Origins of Woke," that's by Richard Hanania.”
“There's another one by "The Age of Entitlement" by Christopher Caldwell.”
“"The Managerial Revolution" by James Burnham. And in terms of the origin of kind of how we got here,”
“back in 2016 when "Hillbilly Elegy" came out. - Oh, yeah. - I'm sure you remember this.”
“And so, book recommendation, it's called "What It Takes." And it was written in 1988”
“book recommendation, "Freedom from Fear," by David Kennedy is about the Roosevelt years.”
“"Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis," by Graham Allison,”
“"Obama's War" by Bob Woodward. I highly encourage people to read this book”
“"Melting Pot or Civil War" and one of the most important parts”
“one of my favorite books, "Master of the Senate" by Robert Caro,”
“"The Unwinding" by George Packer, he actually talks about Peter Thiel there,”
“- David McCullough book, I highly recommended everybody should read it.”
“And one of them is book two, "Means of Ascent," he never intended to write it.”
“Reading "Genghis Kahn and the Making of the Modern World." - Yeah, Jack Weatherford.”
“the Tom O'Neill book about the Manson murders. I mean, again, you know, it took him 20 years to write”
“- The book's good though, people should read that too, in terms of why,”
“"Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon. Actually, your episode on Rome was fantastic.”