The book also discusses the Great Depression, the media, the two World Wars, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. It brings us up to date on the latest moves by the CFR and on what to expect in the near future. In retrospect, it is astonishing that Perloff covers so much ground in so few pages. Although he ends on a note of hope for turning things around, overall the book bears witness to our own folly in allowing this handful of power-crazed men to acquire such extensive control over our lives during the past 60 years. The last few hundred years abound in situations in which not enough good men acted, and so evil did prevail.
Evil is very hard to confront.
I steadfastly believe in free trade between the citizens of various countries. I am an ardent capitalist and oppose socialism, communism, mercantilism, and so-called third movement economics. Free trade is good for consumers, business, and American workers. But free trade requires free people. And we cannot just stick our heads in the sand and imagine that in and of itself free trade is a panacea.