''Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time'' is a work of history written by former Georgetown University professor and historian
Carroll Quigley. The book covers the period of roughly 1880 to 1963 and is multidisciplinary in nature though perhaps focusing on the economic problems brought about by the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
and the impact these had on subsequent events. While global in scope, the book focuses on
Western civilization
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The book has attracted the attention of those interested in geopolitics due to Quigley's assertion that a secret society initially led by
Cecil Rhodes,
Alfred Milner
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, (23 March 1854 – 13 May 1925) was a British statesman and colonial administrator who played a role in the formulation of British foreign and domestic policy between the mid-1890s and early 1920s. From De ...
and others had considerable influence over British and American foreign policy in the first half of the twentieth century. From 1909 to 1913, Milner organized the outer ring of this society as the semi-secret
Round Table groups.
[p131-132 of Tragedy and Hope]
The book is written based on archived files from the
Council on Foreign Relations.
See also
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Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve System (often shortened to the Federal Reserve, or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States of America. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after a ...
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Monetary policy
Monetary policy is the policy adopted by the monetary authority of a nation to control either the interest rate payable for very short-term borrowing (borrowing by banks from each other to meet their short-term needs) or the money supply, often a ...
References
External links
Full text availableThe Long View: Tragedy and Hope
a review
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*{{cite book , last1=Skousen , first1=W. Cleon , title=The Naked Capitalist: A Review and Commentary on Dr. Carroll Quigley's Book: Tragedy and Hope A History of the World in Our Time , date=1971 , isbn=9780910558532
1966 non-fiction books
English non-fiction literature
Books about civilizations
Books about the West
Conspiracy theories