This book is nonsense. It makes sense to me that the world's most powerful have influence on world events--even undue influence. It makes sense to me that some hope to create a new world order in which economic ties erode and eventually override political ones. While I think Curtis Dall may have many truthful things to say, his style is so full of inuendo, half truth, and guilt by association that I could hardly recommend this book as a credilble source for one working on a Ph.D. in History. I do not essentially disagree with Dall--I just think his approach is that of a amatuer who is not fully there mentally--and for that reason his potentially good book falls short--rediculously short.He reminds me of the claptrap one used to hear in the old Barbershops of the 50's and before. Belly-scratching bloviating. This tome belongs on the shelf with the UFO books.