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> It was probably a terrible mistake to try to seek answers on a forum regarding political matters. Well, that's probably true, since politics is a mindkiller.
by randallsquared 12y ago
> It was probably a terrible mistake to try to seek answers on a forum regarding political matters.
Well, that's probably true, since politics is a mindkiller. :)
If you want to understand current foreign policy of the US, I recommend reading history, rather than politically aimed books or essays. History books and essays will often have political aims as well, but the slight remove from the present day introduces somewhat more consensus, and understanding how the world got to the current situation will inform your political understanding more evenly than reading a lot of posturing for one political position or another, in my opinion.
- sillysaurus3 12y agoThanks! Do you have any recommendations about which books to read? Which ones were most helpful to you?
- randallsquared 12y agoI don't have specific recommendations, since most of my history reading, sadly, was in the twentieth century, and I don't remember titles that had a strong foreign policy element. However, one suggestion would be to go through college course listings, such as http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/ http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/ , and drill down to the readings for a strong list of books.