politics books

We have a permanent sticky thread in the science section for book recommendations, how about a similar idea being used in the politics section? I've just finished "Descent into Chaos" by Ahmed Rashid which documents the various agents involved in the war on terror in Afghanistan, Pakistan and...

State in this topic what book(s) with which you think every American should be familiar. I am a strong proponent of Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville. Written in 1832, I found it to be amazingly prescient and current, and outlines the American political and cultural landscape...