This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation.

I have objected both in the past and recently to a few of its policies. The first third of this book consists of extensive excerpts from Tragedy and Hope interspersed with commentary by Skousen.

He is noted for his teaching work as a professor at Georgetown University for his academic publications and for his research on secret societies. Carroll Quigley (November 9 1910 – January 3 1977) was an American historian and theorist of the evolution of civilizations.