Bolshevism presented itself as an economic threat to themselves at the same time that Nazism presented itself as a political threat to their countries.
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The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally.
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| Birth: | 9th November, 1910 |
| Death: | 3rd January, 1977 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Historian, Professor, Writer |
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Carroll Quigley was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was an American historian, professor, writer and theorist of the evolution of civilizations. He is noted for his teaching work as a professor at Georgetown University, for his academic publications, and for his research on secret societies. He B.A, M.A., and Ph.D. degrees. He taught at Princeton University, and then at Harvard, and then at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University from 1941 to 1976. He served as a book reviewer for the Washington Star and was a contributor and editorial board member of Current History.
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