10 books that screwed up the world : and 5 others that didn't help - Wiker, Benjamin, 1960- (Washington, DC : Regnery Pub., 2008)
The prince -- Discourse on method -- Leviathan -- Discourse on the origin and foundations of inequality among men -- The manifesto of the Communist Party -- Utilitarianism -- The descent of man -- Beyond good and evil -- The state and revolution -- The pivot of civilization -- Mein Kampf -- The future of an illusion -- Coming of age in Samoa -- Sexual behavior in the human male -- The feminine mystique -- Afterword: A conclusive outline of sanity.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-249) and index.
Keywords: Civilization, Western; Books and reading; Literature -- History and criticism