Mitch Daniels Releases His Reading List
Indystar reports:
Gov. Mitch Daniels has released his annual list of books that he recommends as Christmas gifts or as good options "when you sneak out to exchange those fuzzy slippers or that Grateful Dead necktie."
The Republican's nine recommendations come from books he's read during the past year. The list includes selections that cover a variety of topics, including sports, diplomacy and religion.
They are:
1. Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger. "If, like me, both your diplomatic history and your sense of the practical aspects of statesmanship could stand some touching up, this is the place to get it done," Daniels said of the book.
2. "After the Fall" by Nicole Gelinas. The governor said it's one of the clearest books about the recent financial collapse.
3. "The Time It Never Rained" by Elmer Kelton. It's a "wrenching study of the 1950s West Texas drought," the governor said.
4. "Who Are We?" By Samuel Huntington. Daniels said the late professor's work "is looking more and more prescient these days. Here he sounds the alarm about the dangers of our eroding sense of national identity."
5. "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell. The book tells the true story of a Navy SEAL unit's battle. "You'll never again think of yourself as either physically fit or mentally tough," Daniels said.
6. "Forgotten Man" by Amity Shaes. The book examines the history of the New Deal and put the present economic situation in perspective, Daniels said.
7. "Underdawgs" by David Woods. The book tells the story of Butler University's historic run to the final shot of the NCAA Final Four.
8"City of Man" by Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner. Daniels called the authors "two of the most thoughtful and caring people I know" and said it is a needed argument for gentleness in public discourse and greater tolerance by and of Christians.
9. "Death to the BCS" by Dan Wetzel and Josh Peter. Daniels warns that the Big Ten Conference leadership "gets worked over pretty hard" in this book about why Division I college football is the only sport without a playoff.
The list was e-mailed to supporters by Daniels' campaign committee.
