Probably THE major group (with high profile/public members) that sets world policy. A who's who of elite - bankers, royal families, ultra-rich, media moguls, politicians, etc. Oh, they don't set world policy? Whenever meeting notes are linked, they read like a playbook for the foreseeable future. Presidents come and go, the elite control which puppet comes to power.

Why are drugs are illegal? The govt hates competition! Shows how the CIA is the heart of an enormous drug and weapons smuggling operation. Heroin at record levels in Afghanistan after our "occupation"? CIA planes crash with tons of cocaine on board (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=cia+drug+plane+crash&btnG=Search)? I guess it's all coincidence - better run out and buy a lottery ticket!

Russo has done a good introduction to some of the ills that are facing this nation and the world. He has appropriately singled out the Federal Reserve as public enemy number one. The vast majority of people do not understand how our monetary & tax systems and the Federal Reserve (that is fractional reserve banking), operate. It is truly the story of "The Emperor Has No Clothes".

Not politically correct, but this paradigm explains it all if you keep your mind open.

An alert the public of the existence & activities of the ELITE, & to encourage active participation by all citizens to stop the takeover of the US, & the rest of the world by the Elite in their efforts to form their Global Union. Written by an ex-intelligence officer based on years of research. An eye-opener to the extent of penetration these groups have in our government & economy.

Butler's frank speech describing his role as a soldier as nothing more than serving as a puppet for big-business interests. Includes two never-before-published anti-interventionist essays by General Butler. The introduction discusses why General Butler went against the corporate war machine and how he exposed a fascist coup d'etat plot against President FDR. Extraordinary argument against war.

A retired special forces veteran and freedom fighter, paints a horrfiying, but probable future for the United States as a nation state. Throw in the worldwide financial implosion and you have a possibility. Does a great job of applying why & how other countries erupt into Civil War and how it could happen again here.

Wow - this book is an easy read, yet gets right to the point very succinctly - I love it. I highly recommend you Google search for some of Makow's radio interviews on-line and listen to them. This book really pulls it all together.