The last book I read was Brisingr, by Christopher Paolini. Before I started my classes and had to immerse myself in textbooks, I was also casually reading A Grand Delusion: America's Descent into Vietnam, by Robert Mann. The guy I bought my house from is a long-time friend of Mr. Mann's and left the built-in bookcase full of books in his haste to move. I decided to read this book and also have a copy of The Walls of Jericho: Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Russell and the Struggle for Civil Rights I might read later on. Both are personally autographed, so I will eventually send them to the former homeowner. On a side note, Robert Mann also wrote The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Cold War. So far A Grand Delusion is not slanted in terms of ideology but Mr. Mann served on the staff of Democratic politicians (Katherine Blanco, John Breaux, Russell Long) for years, so I doubt we share very much in terms of politics.