[Ronzo]

Thanks for the link LS, I'll make sure to add that to my Christmas list!

If you have any other recommendations, I'd love to hear them.

As for me, I currently have this sitting on my shelf, waiting to be read: FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression.

[Skooz]

FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression.

Just added it to my wish list. Thanks.

[LS]

If you are into political thrillers, no one is better than Vince Flynn. Get his first book and work your way through. He's the modern day Ian Fleming. Easy to read, exciting.

If you want tougher sledding, but absolutely eye-opening new interpretations on every page, here are two:

Adam Tooze, "The Wages of Destruction," about the economy of Nazi Germany. He blows away almost every preconceived notion we ever had about Hitler's "miracle" economy, Speer's "production miracle," and the relationship between Jew-murder and production in the Reich; and

Tony Judt, "Postwar." This is a fabulous (long) history of post-war Europe. He hates Bush, but strangely enough stumbles into most of the right conclusions anyway. His take on the fall of the Soviets is good (not heavy enough on Reagan, but after all, it is about Europe). He hates Thatcher, but once you get past that, it's really an informative, dense book.