I'm currently reading "The Gathering Storm" by Winston Churchill. It's a summary of his actions, thoughts, writings, etc politically, from the early 30s to 1940 (or so, I'm not done with the book yet).
Dry and slow reading - nothing at all like your books, Matt - but still terrifying nonetheless. Churchill's treatise on Hitler's rise to power, and its surrounding politics, could very easily be mistaken for current events.