Eric M.

What are the best books in political science and history that you have come across? I'll start. I've found several great suggestions (like "War is a Racket") at A Nerd's Guide to Reading, but I'm almost finished reading through their list. Any other suggestions?

If you are looking for essential reading for popular science, I would point you to A Nerd's Guide to Reading at: http://nerdsguidetoreading.com/Nerds_Guide_to_Reading/Popular_Science.html This is how I found out about Chaos by James Gleick, and Sam Harris' new book on Free Will (which I would recommend to anybody).