Joho the Blog: Bush's reading list

December 28, 2005

Bush's reading list

The BBC reports on Bush's reading list:

His reading includes When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt After the White House by Patricia O'Toole, which is about the former leader's African safari and his attempt to return to politics after leaving the White House in 1909.
He is also reading Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground - an account of the daily lives of US soldiers as told by Robert Kaplan, who accompanied several units overseas.

He is an "avid reader," said his spokesman, spreading mirth throughout the land.

So, what would you put on his reading list?

The Best and the Brightest, to understand how even smart people go wrong.

Oedipus Rex, for some insight into his own psychology.

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Posted by D. Weinberger at December 28, 2005 11:20 AM

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I'd add Chris Mooney's "The Republican War on Science", although W wouldn't accept or believe anything in the book.

Posted by: Tim | December 28, 2005 12:17 PM

I'd cram a copy of Chomsky's "What Uncle Sam Really Wants" down his throat, followed by a copy of "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" as a chaser.

Posted by: sean coon | December 28, 2005 12:25 PM

'the last night on earth poems' by Charles Bukowski

Posted by: Gianluca Baccanico | December 28, 2005 01:36 PM

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

Posted by: Larry Irons | December 28, 2005 02:11 PM

The Pet Goat.

Posted by: black dog barking | December 28, 2005 02:30 PM

Lawless World: America and the Making and Breaking of Global Rules--From FDR's Atlantic Charter to George W. Bush's Illegal War by Philippe Sands and The Truth (with jokes)
by Al Franken

Posted by: texastentialist | December 29, 2005 01:06 PM

The Bible. The asshole should at least *know* what he talks about.

Posted by: . | December 30, 2005 03:06 PM

The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

Posted by: Michael Shook | January 4, 2006 07:40 AM

How about incoming reports from the CIA, this time for real?

Posted by: Jenny Attiyeh | January 9, 2006 11:42 PM

The Selfish Gene. The Blind Deathmaker. Who stole my brain?

Posted by: Isabel Behncke | June 23, 2006 09:00 PM

Dubyah could hardly read the graffiti on
a bathroom wall , let alone the books attributed
to his "attention". Maybe Tony Blair told him it would be a good idea to feign a farthing's worth of
literary acumen.
"Thanks f'r the suggestshun Tony, but I tried
acumen a while back, an' all them needles done
bothered my spine!"

Posted by: Attlee | August 24, 2006 12:47 AM

George, what about reading some books like Stupid White Men, Fahrenheit 9/11 reader, Sex, Lies and Politics or even Bill Clinton, My life, to find out how a true president ruled?

Posted by: Rob Wooller | October 7, 2006 07:12 PM

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