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Saturday, November 7, 2020

“Democracy in America”

Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America” is “still the best book ever written about this country.”

What books would you recommend for today’s political moment in America?

Ezra Klein’s “Why We’re Polarized,” which gets at the state of our politics. Colin Woodard’s “American Nations,” which gets at the cultural divides. Samuel Huntington’s “American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony,” because it places the current moment in historical context. And Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America,” because it is still the best book ever written about this country.


https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/books/review/fareed-zakaria-by-the-book-interview.html?smid=em-share

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