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46 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very absorbing, possibly true, poorly documented, December 22, 1999
When I first read this book, I was intrigued and excited. I had heard much of the material before, but I had never heard of a "Committee of 300". When I checked with someone else that specialized in this kind of research, he pointed out some things that made me give it a second look. I will share them:Coleman claims doctorates in both political science and economics, though we have no idea of where he received the degrees, because nowhere in the biographical sketch at the front of the book does he mention which university awarded him the degrees. He claims to have been employed by British Intelligence for five years, but we have no details regarding which British Intelligence agency he allegedly worked for. Nor does he make it clear under what capacity he served, though in the foreword of the book he mentions that at one time he served as "a political science officer in the field in Angola." There is a disturbing lack of specifics in his book. The book contains no footnotes, and on the rare occasion he mentions a document, dates and publishers are scarcely given within the text of the book. As a research document, Conspirators' Hierarchy is absolutely useless. He never offers any evidence that this "Committee of 300" actually exists. Apparently, we are supposed to take his word for it, because he is an "intelligence specialist." If he is going to make the claim that they are at the pinnacle of the world's conspiratorial power, he ought to at least say when they meet, how they are organized, or include some other details confirming that it is an actual organization. Coleman on page 68 that, "All information that I provide in this book comes from years of research backed up by impeccable intelligence sources. Nothing is exaggerated." But you don't have to wade very deeply into the book to find a number of serious factual flaws in the book, all of which should be obvious to any "intelligence specialist": On page 27, he falsely declares that there are "4 million homeless people" in America. The actual number is in the hundreds of thousands. Even the Communist Party only claims that there are 3 million homeless. On page 31, he states that El Salvadoran terrorist "[Guilliermo] Ungo was a life-long friend of the late apoleon Duarte, leader of the rightwing in El Salvador." Of course, Duarte was a socialist and the leader of the rightwing in El Salvador was Roberto D'Abuisson. On page 33, he states that "Sir Peter Vickers Hall" was the "top Fabianist in the U.S. and the number one man at Heritage [Foundation]," in 1980. But Hall was never a leader of the Heritage Foundation. Edwin Feulner, Jr. has been the leader of the Heritage Foundation since before 1980. Simple factual errors and sloppy research aside, the book's central theme is the preposterous assertion that this Committee of 300 controls the world largely through the London-based Tavistock Institute and British Intelligence. Of course, the meagerly funded Tavistock Institute has a minimal impact upon British society, and doesn't even register on the political horizon anywhere else. Coleman says that "Over hundreds of years, M6 [the primary British intelligence agency] has established a record which no other intelligence agency can come near to duplicating." Amazingly, Coleman talked on and on about the supposed importance of MI6. But the facts are that MI6 was thoroughly penetrated by the Soviet KGB by 1950, and it still has not fully recovered. The chief of counterintelligence of MI6 in the 1950s, Kim Philby, was a Russian spy who ended up defecting to the Soviet Union in 1963. British Intelligence agencies are universally regarded by serious intelligence observers as one of the least successful of the world's intelligence agencies. Even the CIA considered the entire British intelligence establishment compromised and unreliable throughout much of the cold war. Coleman's assertions about British intelligence certainly are interesting considering his self-professed intelligence knowledge. In summary, Conspirators' Hierarchy shows poor perspective on the international conspiracy to promote world government, is rife with obvious factual errors, and is absolutely useless as a research tool. It should not be taken seriously by any student of conspiracy. Right or wrong, those were my friend's observations. You will definately find this book entertaining, but don't stake your reputation on it.
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