One of the best books about politics is “All the King’s Men” by Robert Penn. This book captures the entire dynamics of politics in America. It captures the entire dynamic of politics in America.
The messianic leader who comes to see himself as the embodiment of the people and then its higher self. Those who seek his favor, always jockeying for position, always ready to turn against him when they see a new vehicle for their ambition. The masses who follow anything that moves, and, among them, those few idealists. All that, and beautifully written.
“The Last Hurrah,” Edwin O’Connor (1956): This book about the political machine, as told through a fictional mayor of a city that seems a little like Boston, is a “reminder that everything old is new again,” wrote Tim Shea. And it taught Sean Sweeney, a SoHo political activist, how upstarts can beat incumbents.
“The Making of the President 1960,” Theodore H. White: This account of the 1960 presidential campaign shaped political coverage for decades to come. A line from the book will be remembered: “Heroes and philosophers, brave men and vile, have since Rome and Athens tried to make this particular manner of transfer of power work effectively; no people has succeeded at it better, or over a longer period of time than the Americans.”
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“The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York,” Robert Caro (1974): This is an interesting sweeping biography of the urban planner Robert Moses, who served 10 years on the City Council in North Richland Hills, Texas.
“And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic,” Randy Shilts (1987): The book dives deep into local politics in gay enclaves like New York and San Francisco during Reagan’s time. It is a book about what happens when power is faced with a problem it does not care to solve.
“The Hunger Games” trilogy, Suzanne Collins (2008-2010): These 3 books show that those who seek power are often the worst people for the job, whether they know it or not.
These are some of the popular books on American politics.
