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The Empire of "The City": The Secret History of British Financial Power

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The Empire of "The City" is a great title that fails to deliver the goods. The book was written in the 1940's and, I am guessing, was bold and edgy in its day. The book encircles " The City" without penetrating its borders. Not a great indictment of the author or book considering the subject. The book, read pamphlet, does focus on some significant European and American history (1850 to 1925) that is worth the price. The book maybe viewed as foundation material. One flaw of this and similar books is to paint the European bankers as mistake free and monolithic. When in fact there are considerable internal conflicts that can result in serious competition. It must be the only way to keep sharp! The Creature from Jekyll Island by Griffin, while it suffers from an unneeded political ideology dialogue, is a more complete account.

Having just finished reading "The Empire of the City", I must express my surprise. It was not at all what I had thought it would be. Given the title, I had expected a representation relative to the rise of the Bank of England and its relationship to what New World Order propagandist Walter Russell Mead has styled as "Dutch Finance". Although this subject is addressed, the book is mostly about power politics as practiced by the Anglo-American elite from 1815 until the end of World War II.

Knuth's presentation is excellent, well documented, and terribly interesting. He avers quite rightly that there is an Anglo-American elite, which has controlled the foreign policy of both the United Kingdom and the United States in the historical period under consideration. This is very important material that ought to be well absorbed by all serious students of history.

We strongly recommend this very important little book. Read it. And consider it will. With this, we can all begin to know justice and to love mercy, while yet there is time.

I can't argue with the other reviewers. This is one of those short and potent little books on a big subject. I thank the other reviewer for Griffins Jekle-Hyde recommendation. I've have a slew of leads from this book that take me further on. Now I just have to read "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli. What lead me to this book in the first place was my study of cycles. I think this book is extremely timeless as it appears to be written yesterday given the current political/banking picture (10/2008).

I highly recommend this book. There is so much that we are not taught in government-run schools.