DISCUSSION: What Books Have Changed Your Way of Thinking?

DISCUSSION: What Books Have Changed Your Way of Thinking?

The Atlantic asked its writers and editors to name, in the words of their headline, A Book That Changed How I Think.  Or, as Gal Beckerman put it, A Book That Was Like Putting on ‘a New Set of Glasses.

So, I put it to you: name a book that was not only informative or enjoyable but paradigm-shifting, that changed your outlook or perspective on. . .either life, or some subset of it.  (The Bible will definitely do that, but what else?)

"You've only clarified that you don't get it. Iran does not need to persist for ..."

The Limits of War
"Completely disagree. The difference was degradation. Total victory means - we own who you think ..."

The Limits of War
"trite. War has its uses. None we like; but it has uses"

The Limits of War
"If they used a nuke, Iran would be a radioactive wasteland at the hands of ..."

The Limits of War

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