The HRC Poll: Which books should be on Hillary's reading list?

Posted By Carolyn O'Hara Friday, January 23, 2009 - 10:54 PM Share

It's time again for Madam Secretary's Hillary Poll. This week, we asked our panel of experts which book they think Hillary should read this weekend to bone up on the issues she'll be tackling at Foggy Bottom.

Paul Begala:

Joseph Heller's Catch 22. My favorite moment is when Milo Minderbinder says, "Frankly I'd like to see the government get out of...

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JESSIED44

4:35 PM ET

January 24, 2009

Reading List

If she hasn't read them already, two biographies of Gertrude Bell, one by Georgina Howell and the other by Janet Wallech. Bell was on the inside track that created the middle east as it exists today and it helps to know where you've been before another woman takes on the job of shaping where we are going.

LEEP

4:35 PM ET

January 24, 2009

Book for Hillary

Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tipping Point" -- an amazing synopsis of how ideas of all sort take hold. She's probably read it already.

KAZ

2:02 AM ET

January 26, 2009

For Hillary's Reading List

I would highly recommend "The Terrorism Ahead" by
Paul J. Smith. A fascinating history of terrorism and a model for the future.

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