Starts as a C19 and C20 roll-call and personal history of the titans of modern political history, which is strangely fascinating in a soap-opera, Donton Abbey sort of way.

Ends as a back grounder to World War II, which turned my head around more that any other 50 pages I have ever read. ( )

This book reads like the most tedious conspiracy theory of all time but, when one checks out Carroll Quigley, he is a reputable historian. It would appear that he is on the level and this tale of the beginnings of a controlling group must be given some weight.

The unfortunate thing is, I don't quite know what to do with the information, now that I have it. It can hardly come as a great surprise to most people that we have a controlling establishment and, this book puts names to them, up to 1966 but, how am I wiser by what is basically a bunch of names. The best analogy that I can give to this book, is that it reminds me of the time that I read the Bible cover to cover. There are long passages, in the Old Testament that consists solely of Fred begat Bill begat... It's really not very interesting and of absolutely no use.

Sorry, I was disappointed. ( )

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