Re: Resources on political thinking

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

Look at "The thick of it".

On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Martin Tomasek wrote:

> Gadi Evron wrote:
> > What is your favorite reference on the subject? Or a situation you 
> > encountered which you found fascinating?
> >
> > Resources:
> >
> > 1. Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister
> >   
>
> The best.
>
> > 7. George Orwell
> >
> > George Orwell's political satire is not about big brother, that is just 
> > a theme in his wonderful book 1984, which isn't about big brother, either.
> >   
>
> Another interesting author is James Burnham, 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burnham. He was hated and plagiarized 
> by Orwell.
>
> > 10. Fun to watch:
> >   
>
> Satirical series from creators of southpark:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That's_My_Bush! 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_My_Bush%21>
>
> > 11. Edward L. Bernays on propaganda and public relations
> >
> > Propaganda
> > http://www.archive.org/details/Propaganda_600
> >   
>
> Very good book from the father of PR. I would recommend it too.
>
> I'm reading autobiography of Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht, Confessions 
> of the Old Wizard. So far so good. He was one of important politicians 
> of Weimar republic and then of Hitler's Germany. He was put into 
> concentration camp in (AFAIK) 1944, then in 1945 he went before Nurnberg 
> tribunal, allies confiscated his property etc..
>
> There was also interesting figure of German SDP on the very beginning of 
> 20th century: Alexander Izrael (Parvus) Helphand. The man who talked 
> German government into providing finance for Lenin and his revolution. 
> He was completely lost in history, until 1990s.

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