The President’s suggested reading
The Washington Examiner asked losers who check their e-mail in late August political junkies what they thought George W. Bush’s summer reading should be in Crawford. You can read the responses — including mine — here. I will say, though, that Bush’s actual selections — “John Barry’s The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the ...
The Washington Examiner asked losers who check their e-mail in late August political junkies what they thought George W. Bush's summer reading should be in Crawford. You can read the responses -- including mine -- here. I will say, though, that Bush's actual selections -- "John Barry's The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History, Mark Kurlansky's Salt: A World History and Edvard Radzinsky's Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar" -- aren't too shabby. The first choice, in particular, might have some policy relevance for the future. That said, Jonathan Rauch's selection is the one that stands out.
The Washington Examiner asked losers who check their e-mail in late August political junkies what they thought George W. Bush’s summer reading should be in Crawford. You can read the responses — including mine — here. I will say, though, that Bush’s actual selections — “John Barry’s The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History, Mark Kurlansky’s Salt: A World History and Edvard Radzinsky’s Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar” — aren’t too shabby. The first choice, in particular, might have some policy relevance for the future. That said, Jonathan Rauch’s selection is the one that stands out.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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