In his discussion of Beck and Skousen, Continetti said that one of Skousen's works "draws on Carroll Quigley's "Tragedy and Hope" (1966), which argues that the history of the 20th century is the product of secret societies in conflict", noting that in Beck's novel "The Overton Window", which Beck describes as "faction" (fiction based on fact), one of his characters states "Carroll Quigley laid open the plan in "Tragedy and Hope", the only hope to avoid the tragedy of war was to bind together the economies of the world to foster global stability and peace."