.. • THE NAKED CAPI'IJ\IJST A review and commentary on Dr. Carroll Ql1igley's book TRAGEDY AND HOPE Reviewed by w. CLEON SKOUSEN • Taf'lX FROM MAIN RY NAKED CAPITALIST • l'H,lGtOY ANI) IIO/'t. ;I lfist,,') ,,[ tllr lI'orlll l" 011, Tilllt· f(cvicwed by W. Cleon Skol'''''' 1191 """"~}U' ,S", ,"''' 1..., ",I< City, g.j 109 - '0'.'. Cleoo Sk""'lOn 6th Printing. 1971 f'lIOTO C'RW ITS' Ll<><'" Now>. Slit ... ', l1'" Ut.I, u,,".J r~ h",''''-'''" p",,, Dr. Carr(lll Qui"ey', book, TRAGEDY AND HOP£: A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN OUR TfME. was published by The Macmillan Company, New York, and COllie .... Macmilian Limited, London. The first printing of Ihl$ 1,300 Plie mlume was in 1966, price, $12.50. Dr. Quigley ;1 currently profeuor of history at the Fo~i", Service School of Georgeto .... n University in Wuhington, O. C. He forme>"ly laughl at H'fT.ro and Princeton Ind hal done spedal research in the archives of France, [taly ~nd Enlll.nd. He i, the author of the m~rcly " br"I1~1I of" ",,,eh bigg~r ,()I\~piracy!" Thc abo .. c slat~melll "'.s m:lde 10 this rcvi"' ...· er $l!veml years a!lll by Dr. Dell~ Dodd. a former member of n,,· National Committee of the U. S. Communi>! Party l'erhajlS this is "n "pprupri"t" introdLlctiull to " ,".iew of Dr. r,«<.;ow on ,;e."r~1 ,it;,1 ma I I~rs n:quir;n~ immcdiak attention. "n.e American Comm,,"ist hicrnrchY ..... told Ihat any "me they bad an emcrge""y of this kind they sho"ld ,;unl'OI ""y one or 11,,,," d~"SiMnated person •• 1 Ihc Waldorr ToweD. Il,. Dodd ,,<>ted \\]"t wla'new, thc I'any ollwined in'trll~tion. ,,,,,,, .ny or th~. .. ~ three "'"". Mosin."<:lor of Ih~ U. S, Mission to 'h~ lnt~rr'alional MQnctary fund Qf Ihe United Nm'QI1s, He was .1'10 gi"cn • ,,,!>stantial iucre",,· in ... bry. J. Edg"r lloovcr w,"s ,"","zed. At wrney . GC'locral Ih·,bert IJro",ucll, Jr. ,tated lh:" T""""" ,"ew .. publidy l'""idcllt Whit. wJ< " So,,;~t ~py wh." he made \t,c appoint",cnt. (Q"igley. Trllg"dy A lid /lope. p. 99 I ) Why would "'~" in charge Qf the wccd] was all {he mor<: .hockin, bo""""" Iho American I>cOI,k 1",,1 just hen jolleo.l t>~ a ("onll'c,,",ional bcaring in which it h.d b.;cn ,hown with sworn tc-stilllony lI .. t the U. S. Slale IXI",.lmenl h"d either recklesoJy .lIo-..'cd 01" tl\:libi:rdtcly propelled si~ hU'Mlrcd million Chine"" alli,-s imo the ,rip of the Com",uni~t Chinese l".dders. Ncycrlhclc">S, hen.· wa. thi~ Americ.n c"l'il~ljst (and ronnc. d,.i.",.n of the rederal Kc"",,·c l:loard) telliuM U lu,¥c ",~etin& (,,·hllin~ the polilics .nJ e<: seemcd " pre""luisile for llIany lap lOyernlllenl job~. AnOlhcr punic was the f~ct lha! wile"""", the politicol blunders of t~= hi&h-powered people nrouscd the an,er of the public, they Were nut only allowed tu qt,;etly re;ign. but were given exl,..,mely lucrative outside joos, usually in one of the l.x~xempI foundal;,"". II didn't look like lO"'TDOlent "of the people" but Il"ycrnment by ...,rlain people. J I w~1 rellIinded of th. word, of lienjamin Dis,"cli. "nw world is cow,n«l by ~ery different peno"""" from what is im~ilned by thO51' who a. ... I\"OT bcllind the sc-enal."' I began to wonder if lhe", might nol be something to the Brjti~h InteJli~cncc Digest reports 3 which clai",ed Ihal Ihero! i~ a small bol "","e,fol conl.ol ""up behind Ih" ,""enOS which i$ eXlremciy influential in manipulalin, WQ,ld events. The Oill($t ~mcd 10 have inrofe";on.1 inve. which "a" be i"(!el"',,dcntly verified. 1'01;ti«11 cot1.pirJcie, ,lIso InlVe a way of ,""clling Ilw public. bcc.au&C SI"""",,e on Ihe ill,ide is willi"l1 10 tell tile story. I h"ve wailed fo[ Illi[ly yea.s fur solllebody on Ihe inside of Ihe mOllcm roliLical rower strucl"," 10 1wn Univen;ity. He fonnerlY t"uillll 3 I Princeton and Ibn'ard, II" h~ done research in the archives Qf I'. .~ nc"'. Italy ond EnglanJ. lie is the atnbo. of the widely kilOI''' text. /:.'vo/llli(JII of thill:Ulwm. When D., Ol'isley ~cd~oo 10 write hi' 1.300 I~'~'" oook c~lkd Trlll{<'usly, disdo~ill' the existence of. "'~mmoth rowe. netwmk which is. l.yin,lo lake over the world eQuid nol help bUI .rouse the ,~,orOl.l' resistance of Ihe ",ilho,,,, of 1"'0pie who arc iu illlended victim,. So why did Dr. Quigley wrile this boot? Ills ""swe, "Pl"'"rs iQ , numb<:r of r>1,ces but is e>pe.;i,lIy forcd ul ,"d de", Oil l"ll"s 979-9110. He say,. in effect, th,l it i~ now tou 1.le for l11e HUle people to turn bock tho tido. In a spirit of kj"dness he i, Iherefore IIr~in~ Illem not 10 fight Ihe IIOQ!;C whicl1 is. 1,lrc~dy around their nccks. lie feels cert"i]] Ih,,! thos<' wi", do will 0111), choke themselve, 10 de"th On the olher 11""d, th~c who g() :,Ion& with the immc~sc prcss"", wbich is beginning to h.: felt b~ .11 humanity will ","'entll.l!ly folKl thcmscl~es ill " m.n-made millennium of P<'~"" .nd PfOSt)crity. All through IIi; book. Ik Quigley "",un..., "" Ihal we l'an !ntst Ih= bc"cvolcnl. wdl-meani"1: nwn who a,e '"""",Uy oJ>o!rlllin~ behind Ihe s<:cl1cs, TilEY :orc Ille hUll<' of the world, All who resisl the'" "'present Irugedy. lten<:c, Ihe title for his book. 1'0 ossure liS of his Own "niqll<; <{lo:Ilitic:otion for Ihe "',ilin& of Ihi5 book. Dr. QU'&iey .1,1",,; "I know of Ihe op.:r.!ion! of Illi, nelwo,k t>e.;,,,,sc I have sh".hc"f iu pulidel , .. IH'I in g~ner,,1 my chief differe""" of opini"n i, th"t IT WISlitS TO IU,MAI ... UNKI\UWN. an.J I i:><:lieve it. role in bi,tory i. ,ignifk.nl cnoup to be ~no .... n." (p. 950, emphasi.< a.J.Jcd) IInyonc reatiing Dr. QUlgley's Trugrol' 11110 1/01'<: will have lillie dIfficulty delce!;"g Ihe tr~m"ndo", ""If·""t,..,m of Ihe aulhor. lie <>-.",s;de,", him,,"'f "ot ""I)' "" ";",i,\cr" bill" ",embe, of Ihe iutcllcctual chic "mers of the IImerican middle dass who Ihink they CH" preser,," whJt I\l' c"Ii, Hldr "1)CUy-oomgcoi," P"'I>crty rigilts ~nd (;t ilUI ;0".1 I,,;vilcl."'''' (Se~, fur example. p. 1248) lie also UP"""'" conlempt for those ,. .. ho d,ou&h. the Co",mun"t conspiracy w,," the rCJI celller of "ollo:c.i,.,,-ed ,,<,,,,pIracy. lie ridkul"" their c'Oneill.ions (sec p. 949), .nd Ihen Iurns .i~l't "round an.J a.Jmil' tlwi Iheir ,onelll,ions were cor",c! ,\",eric"" ""ti'('U"lJIn'ni,l, Iwd merciy crreOasU (~S we saw in the qnotat ion .bovc) of his inside pOOit ion witil the "l\CI"'or~." and tilis book is dC.ligncd t" l,()rln,,. ,nodcrn h;'tu'~ the "'~}' Ihe ne.work ",.nls it told. lIowc~~r. as we h.w .Iso notro in the prt'~ious quotmioll. Dr. Quigle)< admils he is tclting mOf~ Ihan hi' comr.dcs-in-1lrms woul.J care 10 have .Jisclosc..:t. They w~n! their coTlspir,Il..,r;al .ubversi,," to be kept. """rd . Dr. Quil:l~y thin~.

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