If you'd like to win over the hearts and minds of your fellow Americans, I suggest that you read [i]The Tipping Point[/b] by Malcom Gladwell. [url]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316316962/qid=1012311564/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_3_2/103-2009514-5391044[/url]
This isn't the sort of "Fight the System" book you'd find at a gun show, but it does have some important insights into culture and psychology that you can use that way. Are you unhappy with the bias in the news and entertainment media? Then learn how to work around them. Do you want to change attitudes about guns and RKBA? Then learn how people form opinions.
The premise of the book is that social trends don't spread the way we might expect. The forces at work are subtle, but real; they "infect" societies the way diseases infect populations. So if your goal is to influence people, small changes to few critical "tipping points" can be more effective than trying to spread a message through sheer volume.
Even if you don't want to use these strategies, you might want to learn how they're being used against you.