Suggested Readings

The following readings supplement those suggested in Chapter 2 of the text.

  • Chang, Laurence, and Peter Kornbluh, eds. The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: A National Security Archive Documents Reader. New York: New Press, 1999.

  • Gellately, Robert. Backing Hitler: Consent and Coercion in Nazi Germany. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

  • Pateman, Carole. The Problem of Political Obligation. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.

  • Rhodes, Carolyn. Pivotal Decisions: Selected Cases in Twentieth-Century International Politics. New York: Harcourt Brace, 2000.

  • Gordon, Michael R., and Bernard E. Trainor. Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, From George W. Bush to Barack Obama. New York: Pantheon, 2012.

  • Ricks, Thomas. The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq. New York: Penguin, 2009.

  • Stern, Sheldon M. The Week the World Stood Still: Inside the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2005.

  • Stone, I. F. The Trial of Socrates. New York: Doubleday, 1989.

  • Wills, Gary. James Madison. New York: Holt, 2002.