Definitely read Democracy in America, it's amazing. The best, most insightful book on today's USA that I've read, though written in the 1830s. Even the chapter

Definitely read Democracy in America, it's amazing. The best, most insightful book on today's USA that I've read, though written in the 1830s. Even the chapter titles are fascinating. Some from Volume II: Why Democratic Nations Show A More Ardent And Enduring Love Of Equality Than Of Liberty The Principle Of Equality Suggests To The Americans The Idea Of The Indefinite Perfectibility Of Man Of The Taste For Physical Well-Being In America Causes Of Fanatical Enthusiasm In Some Americans The Americans Combat Individualism By The Principle Of Interest Rightly Understood Of The Spirit In Which The Americans Cultivate The Arts Why The National Vanity Of The Americans Is More Restless And Captious Than That Of The English How The Americans Understand The Equality Of The Sexes Why So Many Ambitious Men And So Little Lofty Ambition Are To Be Found In The United States https://www.gutenberg.org/files/816/816-h/816-h.htm#link2HCH0060 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/816/816-h/816-h.htm#link2HCH...