- Paperback: 254 pages
- Publisher: Western Islands (November 1988)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0882791346
- ISBN-13: 978-0882791340
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.5 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #417,314 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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New 2002 edition-includes updated list of CFR members! James Perloff exposes the subversive roots and global designs of the CFR. Passed off as a think-tank, this group is a key "power behind the throne," with hundreds of top-appointed government officials drawn from its ranks. Traces activity from the Wilson to Reagan administrations.
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Does America have a hidden oligarchy? Is U.S. foreign policy run by a closed shop? What is the Council on Foreign Relations? It began in 1921 as a front organization for J.P. Morgan and Company. By World War II it had acquired unrivaled influence on American foreign policy. Hundreds of U.S. government administrators and diplomats have been drawn from its ranks - regardless of which party has occupied the White House. But what does the Council on Foreign Relations stand for? Why do the major media avoid discussing it? What has been its impact on America's past - and what is it planning for the future? These questions and more are answered by James Perloff in The Shadows of Power.
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Speaking before Britain's House of Lords in 1770, Sir William Pitt declared: "There is something behind the throne greater than the king himself," thus giving birth to the phrase "power behind the throne." Read the first page
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Speaking before Britain's House of Lords in 1770, Sir William Pitt declared: "There is something behind the throne greater than the king himself," thus giving birth to the phrase "power behind the throne." Read the first page
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Junk,
By coolbunny.com (Norwood, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Shadows of Power: The Council on Foreign Relations and the American Decline (Paperback)
One of the favorite works of those who see conspiracies lurking behind every corner, and believe that someone actually is in charge of everything.If one really likes this stuff, believes in it, or just is curious, then go to the source and read Carroll Quigley's "Tragedy and Hope" or "The Anglo-American Establishment." They are far more detailed, more nuanced, and come from someone who has indeed done some serious homework on the subject. Perloff does little more than condense and offer a selection of the more outrageous claims presented by folks like Quigley. For that matter, one might just go to another of the sources for folks like Perloff and Pat Robertson ("The New World Order" makes a similar argument with a strong religious overlay) and read Nesta Webster's writings about the secret societies that rule us all. Of course, these folks don't like to credit Webster as an inspiration because she was rather blatant in her anti-semitism. Modern writers of conspiracy theories have learned to avoid such things, but don't dispute any of the claims which people like Webster linked to the secret power of Jewish bankers and Marxists. There are better books that lay out the same theory of an establishment "ruling" class, and that do so with far more balance and nuance than this one. Try William Domhoff's "Who Rules America," "The Bohemian Grove," or "The Higher Circles" (G. William Domhoff has done some of the best research work on the American establishment). There's plenty there for the folks who think someone is really in charge (and in control) of everything that happens, but all within the context of a rational examination of the actual nature of the American establishment elite.
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Get busy and read this book,
By "psamdahl" (st louis park, mn United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Shadows of Power: The Council on Foreign Relations and the American Decline (Paperback)
to the person who gave it 1 star. You are a governmnt shill. To the last reviwer before I posted this. True, it is a great history book. But not the best. That would be 'The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve' by G. Edward Griffin
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: The Shadows of Power: The Council on Foreign Relations and the American Decline (Paperback)
This isn't one of those "aliens are probing us!" conspiracy books. This is a very detailed and FACTUAL book. There are several references to back the facts printed in this book.I've read this book twice (probably read it again) now and can't get over the painstaking detail provided!
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