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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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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 The Council on Foreign Relations and the decline of autonomy:, 2008-05-26
In 1913 President Woodrow Wilson wrote in his book "The New Freedom" that... "Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it."
And according to James Perloff that very enigmatic power created the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and it is the CFR, which is a subsidiary of the Round Table that controls the affairs of the United States, and not "We the People."
The reality (according to Perloff) is that the CFR along with its sister think-tanks are rapaciously trying to enact a sort of New World Order hegemony (meaning one world global government), which requires destroying national boundaries in favor of corporate fascism.
This idea or stratagem came about shortly after the 1911 American elite's Jekyll Island conspiracy to control U.S. finances, which in-turn brought about the Federal Reserve Bank in 1913, and of course the ipso facto or axiomatic conclusion insofar as the Banking elite's mendacious scheme was concerned; the Federal Reserve is really a private bank only beholden to private stockholders.
It is not federal and to this very day the FED has this country in debt up to its eyeballs with its fiat currency, which it charges interest on, unequivocally becoming the American peoples responsibility to pay. To put it in layman's terms it's the perfect con because we (the unsuspecting American People) haven't an inkling of what kind of conspiratorial juggernaut we're really dealing with.
Moreover, Perloff unambiguously demonstrates how the same individuals who created the Federal Reserve also fashioned the CFR, and it is this omnipotent think-tank that discusses, and sets foreign and domestic policy throughout the United States, and the contiguous Americas. Which begs the inquiry...why do we need congress if the CFR has dictatorial powers already?
Perloff's book proves without a shadow of a doubt that our government is nothing more than a front for the elite controlled CFR.
The truth is there really isn't a U.S. government. Our government is unequivocally a fraud, which this truism is easy to substantiate.
Many congressmen and U.S. officials are members of the CFR, which is a conflict of interest according to Perloff considering the higher echelons of the American oligarchy have an open forum to negotiate on behalf of their own socioeconomic and international interest, leaving the American people and the world to pay the price for whatever decisions are made whether altruistic or iniquitous. Also the CFR along with its Wall Street members/backers were involved in Mao Tse-Tung and Hitler's rise to power. Furthermore, it was Jimmy Carter who brought about the socialist dictatorship of Robert Mugabe under the auspices of the Trilateral Commission...a CFR subsidiary founded by Zigniew Brzezinski and David Rockefeller.
Perloff's book is an easy read, but its revelations aren't lightweight. The fact that the CFR conspired to continue the Korean and Vietnam Wars after France pulled out of Indochina in 1954 makes for contemplating the insalubrities of the CFR's vitriolic pronouncements.
Furthermore, the fact that Perloff makes the case that Nixon and Reagan were really leftwing neo-liberals posing as conservatives will be a hard pill for many staunch Reaganites to swallow, but the truth hurts, especially since Reagan (U.S.A) and Mikhail Gorbachev (U.S.S.R) administrations were playing the Afghan Mujahideen for fools, and were really allies during the faux Cold War.
Yes my friends the Cold War was certainly a scam!!!
Nonetheless, it's also amazing how the original CFR members orchestrated and financed the rise of Trotsky and Lenin's Bolshevik Revolution, which could be considered payback for Russia loaning Abraham Lincoln and the North money to defeat the Confederacy during the Civil War effort. This CFR act could also be construed as treason.
Sorry for digressing, but the point I'm trying too make is if you're looking for a quick read, which puts modern politics in an ascertainable format then this book is for you. Now, if you are a liberal just be mindful that James Perloff is a member of the ultra-rightwing John Birch Society, but I have to tell you, after reading this book you may want to toss your liberal ideas in the trashcan.
"The Shadows of Power The Council on Foreign Relations and the American Decline" is vital reading. This book completely exposes the CFR's true agenda.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
An Excellent Anti-Establishment Primer, 2008-04-19
The Council on Foreign Relations is the Mt. Olympus of the Establishment, where the elite plutocracy meet for plunder and deceit.
This accessable and easy-to-read book is an excellent anti-Establishment primer, tracing the origins and influence of the CFR within the northeastern seaboard anglophile Establishment that has dominated our once beloved Republic since the violent and brutal supression of the Southern War for Independence in 1865.
Freed of constitutional restraints, America embarked on the road to empire.
With the triumphant rise of the Yankee mercantile and banking elites such as the House of Morgan and the Rockefellers, the suicidal path toward the corporate welfare-warfare state was cleared.
The key waystation in this fatal journey was the creation of the Council on Foreign Relations by Edward M. House, Elihu Root, John W. Davis, Allen and John Foster Dulles, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and others named in this volume.
Their annointed elite successors within the CFR of today have continued this downward spiral of imperial decline, eminent bankruptcy, and the coming destruction of the last vestiges of the old Republic.
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Note to the naysayers, 2008-02-13
The vast majority of the people reviewing this book rate it well, and have benefited from reading it. They are now more informed than they otherwise would have been.
There are only a few people who have labeled the book as "junk". They do acknowledge it for being well researched, but disagree with the conclusion. Why? Because it was printed by the publishing arm of the John Birch Society. It is sometimes said of people that if they don't like the message, they shoot the messenger. These naysayers take the reverse strategy, and if they don't like the messenger, they discard the message!
To these naysayers, I quote John Heywood: "There are no so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know."
The evidence is all here, but some would rather bury their head in the sand and say it all just isn't so. "Professing to be wise, they became fools."
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
This Book Confirmed My Suspicions, 2007-12-22
I will be as brief as possible.
I was trying to come to terms with 9-11 truths when I came across the Federal Reserve System. Amazon recommended this book and I read the description.
Once I picked up the book I could not put it down.
This book is simple to read yet powerful. Every claim made by the book is referenced in the extensive notes at the end of the book. I recently discovered that this book is highly recommended by the John Birch Society.
I am just about to purchase a copy of this book so I can give it away.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
An Expose of the Council on Foreign Relations - America's Foreign Policy Establishment Elite., 2007-12-03
The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes. - Felix Frankfurter.
_The Shadows of Power: The Council on Foreign Relations and the American Decline_, first published in 1988 and subsequently revised, by author James Perloff is an expose of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and America's foreign policy elite. While dated, this book nevertheless provides important documentation of the role of the CFR in creating America's foreign policy. The Council on Foreign Relations is a private club that operates from behind the scenes in influencing American foreign policy. Many of the most prominent movers and shakers in the United States' foreign policy establishment have belonged to the CFR and it is largely agreed that the CFR has the greatest influence on American foreign policy with the exception of the State Department. The CFR describes itself as a "nonprofit and nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to improved understanding of American foreign policy and international affairs". Nevertheless, the author maintains that the CFR does indeed have an agenda and that it serves as a front organization for the Establishment. This book seeks to reveal that agenda and show the influence of the CFR on foreign policy since its founding in 1921.
This book begins with a primer on the CFR. The author first shows by presenting various quotes the influence of secret cabals behind history and the role of hidden powers "behind the throne". The author maintains that there is an Establishment, composed of old wealth elites who are largely educated in East Coast private schools, attend Ivy League universities, and may belong to secret fraternities. The author then seeks to answer the question as to what is the CFR. The author maintains that the CFR is a secret club mostly composed of such old wealth Establishment elites and that it has an important influence on United States foreign policy. While the CFR maintains that it is nonpartisan and has no agenda allowing for a diversity of viewpoints, the author maintains that there is a definite substance to the positions taken by the CFR and published in its journal _Foreign Affairs_. Two of the charges leveled against the CFR are that it takes positions that are pro-globalist (pushing for a one world government) and pro-communist (or that are soft on communism). The author examines both these charges and finds evidence to support both. To begin with the author provides important background to the creation of the CFR. The author begins by examining the role of international bankers and centralized banks. The author explains how international bankers sought to consolidate their power through the implementation of a centralized banking system which was schemed up at Jekyll Island and became the Federal Reserve system. The author maintains that the Federal Reserve is a private cartel and operates against the interests of the American people and for the interests of the elite bankers. The author also links the Federal Reserve to the instantiation of the federal income tax showing the role this tax plays in furthering the schemes of the elite. Following this, the author turns to the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, noting the bizarre influence of Colonel Edward M. House (author of a pro-Marxist book _Philip Dru: Administrator_) on the president. The author shows how while it may appear that the interests of the banking elite are fundamentally opposed to Marxist Communism that actually both share the fundamental desire to implement certain strategies, most important of which is a centralized bank and the income tax. The author then explains how a panic was created so that the banking system would be ratified followed by the ratification of the income tax. Subsequent to this, the First World War was started (the author links such schemes to the outbreak of war maintaining that U.S. involvement in World War I was largely conspiratorial in nature giving rise to the League of Nations, the first step towards world government). Following this the author turns to the birth of the CFR. The author explains how in 1921 an elite group of U.S. internationalists gathered together in New York to form the CFR. The author links the CFR to the J. P. Morgan interests in particular. The author then explains the influence of Bolsheviks behind the CFR and the odd praise the CFR gave to the Russian Communists. The author also explains the strange alliance between Wall Street and the Russian Communists, showing that despite apparently irreconcilable discrepancies both finance capitalism and Marxist communism are mutually self-supporting. The author then explains the role of the CFR in Germany. Following this, the author turns to the influence of the CFR on FDR. The author shows how the Depression and the Second World War were manipulated by the elite (including the possibility that FDR knew of the attack on Pearl Harbor before it happened). The author also shows how such events led to further centralized banking schemes. Following this, the author turns to the Truman era, noting the influence of the CFR behind such events as the Marshall plan (and other forms of "foreign aid"), NATO, the fall of China to Communism, and the subsequent war in Korea. Following this, the author turns to an examination of the role of the CFR on the presidencies of Eisenhower and JFK, noting the further influence of globalism and communism. Following this, the author turns to the war in Vietnam (largely regarded as a disastrous undertaking). The author notes the role of the foreign policy "wise men" in mismanaging the Vietnam War and how the natural anti-communist impulse of American citizens was exploited by the elite to further their own aims in Vietnam. The author also notes the role of the CFR in the presidencies of LBJ and Nixon (and shows how although Nixon is often regarded as a "conservative", the CFR and the Rockefeller Republicans influenced him greatly). Following this, the author turns to the presidency of Jimmy Carter, explaining the influence of Rockefeller on Carter who was erroneously maintained to be an "outsider" to the Establishment. The author also notes the formation of the Trilateral Commission by Rockefeller and its influence on Carter. Following this, the author turns to the presidency of Ronald Reagan. The author finds discrepancies between Reagan's "conservative" image and his actual policies, noting the influence of the CFR, and explaining that Reagan became a Keynesian. Following this, the author turns to the "media blackout", showing the efforts of the elite to stifle criticism of foreign policy beginning with attempts to stifle criticism of FDR's policies by such revisionists as Harry Elmer Barnes. The author also explains bias in the media and how the media serve the interests of the elite. Following this, the author turns to the role of the CFR at the time of writing and the development of a New World Order. The author also examines attempts to undermine national sovereignity and instate world government beginning with attempts to "revise" the U.S. Constitution. The author ends with what he sees as a source of hope against the schemes of the conspirators. This includes a discussion of the death of Dr. Lawrence Patton McDonald, the John Birch Society, and the role of the Bible and Christian civilization.
This book offers an important look into America's foreign policy establishment elite. While the book is dated and some of the recommendations of the author may be problematic, I believe it nevertheless offers an important examination of the elite. Certainly with the fall of the Soviet state the world situation has changed somewhat, but the CFR continues to exert a powerful influence behind the scenes in American foreign policy. As one individual maintained, the ultimate goal of the CFR was to "merge with the Soviet state" and this may be seen in the schemes of the elite for a New World Order. Certainly many of our most prominent politicians continue to be members of this organization and as such it is important to know more about what the CFR actually is. This book offers an important examination of that question.
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