Tag: Empire
-
CFR and State Department Discussions on “World Control”
Let’s talk RealPolitik. During WWII, it was internally assumed that the U.S. would emerge from the war as the world’s dominant power. One of the primary war aims of the war was to organize a “Grand Area” to serve the needs of the American economy. In 1939, the U.S. State Department along with members of the Council…
-
Alfred Mahan on National Self-Interests
Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States Admiral, naval strategist, and historian who’s books, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 (1890) and The Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793–1812 (1892), made him world-famous and perhaps the most influential American author of the nineteenth century. In 1893, during the…
-
Charles Hughes on National Interest and the Monroe Doctrine
Charles E. Hughes was an American statesman, Republican Party politician, and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States. He was also the 36th Governor of New York, the Republican presidential nominee in the 1916 presidential election, and the 44th United States Secretary of State. This very influential American statesman helped install into the State…
-
The CFR and the “Grand Area” in American Economic Policy
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is one of several policy discussion groups that have been sponsored by the members of the corporate community since the beginning of the 20th century. Along with the corporate and foundation-financed think tanks that developed soon thereafter, they are the main way in which corporate leaders attempt to reach…
-
Henry Luce and the American Century (Empire)
Hi, Have you ever heard of Henry Luce? Maybe or maybe not, but I’m sure you’re familiar with Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated magazines. Well, Luce founded these establishments of modern journalism and created the world’s first private multimedia corporation. Through these mediums, Luce was able to spread his conviction to politicians and the public alike…