Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-03-12
Books mentioned on What a Second Biden Term Would Look Like
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Tip O'Neill and the Democratic century
Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century by John A.
Recommended“and that is this biography by John Farrell of tip O'Neal that I just read that has many incredible things in it but it represents a world where tip O'Neal when he's Speaker of the House Ronald Reagan is President and they are in fact able to function”
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Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century
Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century by John Aloysius Farrell is a biographical account of the powerful Democratic Speaker of the House and mid-century American politics.
Recommended“and that is this biography by John Farrell of tip O'Neal that I just read that has many incredible things in it but it represents a world where tip O'Neal when he's Speaker of the House Ronald Reagan is President and they are in fact able to function”
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A Nation Without Borders
A Nation Without Borders by Steven Hahn is a sweeping historical examination of the United States during the nineteenth century within the broader context of continental expansion and global capitalism.
Recommended“something I've been reading that I haven't actually finished that is speaking to the moment very much for me is stepen hans's history of the 19th century it's in Eric foner's penguin history of America series I it's called a nation Without Borders”
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The Field of Blood
The Field of Blood by Joanne B.
Recommended“and for a third I'm going to stick with the theme of the 19th century controlling the 21st and recommend Joanne Freeman's book field of blood uh which is also incredibly resonant today”
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