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  • Library Binding
  • Publisher: Buccaneer Books (April 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0899683231
  • ISBN-13: 978-0899683232
  • Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A compelling review, itself, of Tragedy and Hope by Quigley, March 10, 1999
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Once you read "The Naked Capitalist", you will embark on a quest to get a copy of "Tragedy and Hope", just to verify that what Mr. Skousen reviews in his book was actually printed in Dr. Quigley's, and IT IS! Then you realize that reading "Tragedy and Hope", as confirmed in other reviews, is a daunting task for the first 7 or 8 hundred pages. Then it gets really interesting and we begin to see that Mr. Skousen has presented a very balanced review, and an explosive commentary, on the world as "Hope" portrays.

I had the rare chance to hear W. Cleon Skousen speak about the time "The Naked Capitalist" was first published, and the 6 hours of audio tapes I got from those sessions filled in, nicely, the information outlined in his book about the implications of "Tragedy and Hope".

Once one reads "The Naked Capitalist" for the seventeenth time, one realizes that Mr. Skousen's comments about the events around the world, put in the context of the information contained in "Tragedy and Hope", fit together extremely well.

There is no way that this is all fiction, as contained in both books, as some reviewers have stated. Those reviewers' comments must be viewed with skepticism, as they are precisely the kinds of comments meant by the "Power Bloc", as Skousen called it, to throw "us little people" off the trail of the truth. Too many of the people and events mentioned can be independently confirmed as having done or happened as both books state.

If you REALLY want an eye-opening experience, just read the membership roster of the Council on Foreign Relations, and then ponder what Quigley exposed and Skousen discussed, about people who are, or were, members of the CFR. Its membership roster reads like a "Who's Who" in the world today.

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76 of 83 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars STILL ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS FOR UNDERSTANDING WORLD EVENTS, July 6, 2002
By George Stancliffe (Toppenish, WA) - See all my reviews
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This is the original book that exposed and documented the power wielded by the Council on Foreign Relations and other interrelated elite groups. He did this by reviewing Tragedy and Hope -- a history book written in about 1966 by Dr. Carroll Quigley, an insider with connections to the power elite.

Remember that Bill Clinton, in his inauguration speech, praised his favorite professor in college--DR. CARROLL QUIGLEY!!

I have read this book two or three times, and have never looked at current events the same. No matter who gets into office, the key positions always get filled with people from the same elite clubs.

This book will definitely make you THINK.

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72 of 81 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Pre-Cursor to Quigley's "Tragedy & Hope", January 4, 2007
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Despite the considerable reading that I do, it was most helpful to have this book as both a capstone to reading Quigley's Tragedy & Hope: A History of the World in Our Time, and as a form of Cliff's Notes. While I am an estranged moderate Republican and shy away from those that have been too close to the extremes of either left or right, this is a sensible book, and it earns five stars on its merits.

The single most important contribution this book makes, at least for me, is in its discussion of the manner in which tax-exempt foundations are used to conceal and protect wealth from taxes, and to reward corrupt politicians who "went along."

Lest the more conventional readers dismiss the reviewer comment below about wars being about profit, about lending money to both sides and arbitraging the instability, I would point quickly to Smedley Butler's War Is a Racket: The Anti-War Classic by America's Most Decorated General, Two Other Anti=Interventionist Tracts, and Photographs from the Horror of It. General Butler was one of the most decorated Marines in history, and in his book he publicly denounces the role of the Marine Corps as an enforcer for the US banks. Then of course you have Confessions of an Economic Hit Man which I judge to be 15% fluff and 85% raw gold substance.

So there you have it--books like this are now entering the consciousness of the middle class, and with Lou Dobbs leading the pack, the middle class is beginning to rouse from its passive acceptance of elitist screw jobs on Congress, the White House, the economy, the military, and the poor. We *are* farm animals from whom profit is being harvested, and we will remain farm animals for so long as we fail to read and think and discuss and demand.

I end by urging one and all to join Reuniting America, and demand Electoral Reform as the one non-negotiable expecation from the current Congress and before November 2008.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Still a great book
I read this book 20 years ago and still find it interesting and relevant. I just ordered the hardbound edition for my home library. Read more
Published 18 days ago by ej

1.0 out of 5 stars Quigley distanced himself from Skousen
In response to those trying to link Skousen to Carrol Quigely, do a little research. Like much of Skousen's work, "The Naked Capitalist" is really just a collection of half-formed... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Rob Rogers

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the time investment if you seek the truth.
I dont need to comment about the book because there are plenty of reviewers that have done an adequate job. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Meijer Goldstein

1.0 out of 5 stars Skousen Falsehoods
There are so many falsehoods contained in the review comments posted here by various readers that there is not enough space to address them all. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Factfinder

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a very honest presentation
Skousen misrepresents Quigley's own words on some key points in his attempt to push his (Skousen's) own agenda. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Patrick Mcnally

1.0 out of 5 stars Too much subjective commentary
I ordered this book and Tragedy and Hope, at the same time, thinking from reviews already posted here that it would be a good primer before delving into Quigley's Tragedy and... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Sherry Alongi

4.0 out of 5 stars Valuable resource? Yes. Objective review of Tragedy and Hope? Hardly.
"The Naked Capitalist", first published in 1970, is a review and critique of a much longer book, "Tragedy and Hope", first published in 1965. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Phillip M. Rose

5.0 out of 5 stars Unlocking the Truth About Government
This book (The Naked Capitalist), along with the book "The Bilderburg Group", explains exactly what is going on in Government. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Paul Revere

5.0 out of 5 stars The Naked Capitalist By W. Cleon Skousen
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"A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, winks with his eyes,... Read more
Published 17 months ago by " Anti Microchip "

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating book that will make your blood boil...
If this book were written by anyone less credible, you'd have to pass it off as conspiracy theory nonsense. But Skousen is anything but a conspiracy theory nut. Read more
Published 21 months ago by David Clayton

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