Some fictional works can shed as much light on politics as scholarly texts.
GCC's political science faculty share their own favorites. Their eclectic lists include classics as well as bestsellers. A few titles are available online. Dostoevsky's critique of revolutionary socialism is all the more powerful because it was produced two generations before Lenin's revolution failed to keep its humanitarian promises. Although Fletcher's work is historically outdated, both of these mass market page turners provide a realistic insight in the unimaginable pressures on any American president during a nuclear crisis.