A sweeping overview of world affairs and, especially having come across the name of William Yandell Elliott, Professor of Politics at Harvard through the first half of the 20th century. Sean found that Elliott had created a kindergarten of Anglo-American imperialists amongst his students, who included Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Samuel P. Huntington, and McGeorge Bundy. Upon further investigation, Sean came to understand Elliott’s own integral role, connecting the modern national-security establishment with the British Round Table Movement’s design to re-incorporate America into the British ‘empire’. Whether that goal was achieved will be left to the reader to decide. However, it cannot be denied that W.Y. Elliott’s life and intellectual history serves to demonstrate the interlocking relationship between academia, government, and big business.
"Overall, I am very impressed with both the intelligence underlying this book and the interesting factual information in it. I learned a lot by reading it.” —Peter Dale Scott
"Overall, I am very impressed with both the intelligence underlying this book and the interesting factual information in it. I learned a lot by reading it." —Dr. Peter Dale Scott, former Canadian diplomat; professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley; author,Deep Politics and the Death of JFK,The Road to 9/11,The War Conspiracy, andAmerican War Machine
Sean Stonehas grown up in the film-world, having acted since childhood in his father Oliver Stone’s films, including The Doors, JFK, and Natural Born Killers (1994), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, before becoming a director in his own right with Greystone Park (2012). He graduated from Princeton in 2006. Stone co-hosted the third-season of the popular TV series Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura. He is currently the co-host of the internationally lĂB