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54 of 59 people found the following review helpful:
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How Interesting, February 10, 2004
By A Customer
Of all the items I have ordered from Amazon.com, I have never received this message before:"We are sorry to report that we will not be able to obtain the following item from your order: (Fleshing out Skull and Bones)
Though we had expected to be able to send this item to you, we've
since found that it is not available from any of our sources at this time. We realize this is disappointing news to hear, and we apologize for the inconvenience we have caused you. We have cancelled this item from your order." Is this a bad joke? ...Or rather a grim new reality? Maybe this will help those looking for more info on the topic: http://www.fleshingoutskullandbones.com/
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54 of 61 people found the following review helpful:
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Best book on Bones thus far, October 2, 2004
In the midst of a 2004 presidential race in which the media are oblivious to the Bones in both candidates' closets, Kris Millegan's "Fleshing Out Skull and Bones" is a superb antidote to the reigning agnosticism concerning the Yale secret society. This book is anything but "twaddle." The essay by Steve Sewall, son of Yale's distinguished Dean Richard B. Sewall, the preeminent biographer of Emily Dickinson, is indicative of the measured and sophisticated tenor of this anthology, which does not pretend to "unlock the key to the mystery of S&B," but is instead an informed, profusely illustrated sourcebook and rumination, sustained by Millegan's restrained reportage, quirky intellect and unrestrained candor.
"Fleshing Out" doesn't "solve" all the mysteries, but it is indispensable as a groundwork for pursuing one of the Cryptocracy's nodal points for the dispensation of patronage and the recruitment of the "best and brightest" (though GW Bush was patently recruited for other reasons). For the aspiring sleuth, the case starts here.
[The reviewer is the author of "Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare"]
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
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A testament to the evil forces running this country, November 7, 2005
Conspiracy has become a sensitive word, and to those who never read this book, it's meaning may continue to be unclear. But not so for those who are willing to honestly assess the past and present of Yale University and the power struggles behind it by reading this book. The breadth and variety of the articles is at times overwhelming and sometimes overreaching its boundaries(ie a brief history of college fraternities), but there is more than enough to make even the most hardened fan of the US administration scratch their heads.
Regardless of the conclusions one makes from this book, Skull and Bones is a very real organisation that clearly has a malicious intent. What I respect most about this work is does not stop at scratching the surface of Skull and Bones, but goes to great lengths to suggest that it is in many ways an organisation founded on the human misconception of elitism. From the puritanical sect of Calvinism that broke off from Protestant England in the 17th century, Yale itself was formed on the idea that Jesus died not for everyone, but for the few 'pre-ordained'.
In instances such as the Opium wars, to the rise of bolshevism and naziism, skull and bones, or some variation of its constituents, has been involved. There is a great article contained therein which gives a precise analysis of the secret society based on the scientific method. Other articles explaining the varying societies that exist within Yale and their struggle for hegemony, shed light on just how deeply the need for seperatism is ingrained into the human psyche. Just about the only major flaw that can be attributed to this amass of insights is the lack of a comprehensive index, relegating the book to less respectable in the eyes of serious analysts.
Seeing as the 'dumbing down' of America is taking place right before our eyes, it seems appropriate to end with a quote from a man who the history books have chosen a prestigious, almost matryical role for, Abraham Lincoln: "Wise statesman....established these great self-evident truths, that when in the distant future some man, some faction, some interest, should set up the doctrine that none but rich men, or none but white men, were entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, their posterity should look up again at the Declaration of Independence and take courage to renew the battle which their fathers began..."
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