For all of the history buffs out there William J Bennett's A Century Turns: New Hope New Fears is a must read.  This thought provoking book explores politics from from the terms of president Bush the elder up to the inauguration of our now president Obama.  I was in high school when Bush was elected and more interested in my life than the history that was unfolding around me.  This book took me back to the original Gulf war and all the way to the current war.  I have changed a few opinions and looked at our current war in a different light thanks to Mr. Bennett.