Tento americký historik a teoretik se věnuje evoluci civilizací. Je známý svou pedagogickou činností na Georgetown University, svými akademickými publikacemi a výzkumem tajných spolků. Působil jako instruktor na Princetonu a Harvardu a jako konzultant pro různé vládní organizace, včetně Ministerstva obrany USA. Jeho práce se hluboce zabývá vývojem a strukturami společností.
Focusing on the influence of a secret global elite, the book offers a comprehensive examination of modern history, tracing events from the industrial revolution through two world wars, the Great Depression, and the rise of communism. It reveals how the Anglo-American banking elite orchestrated their power and shaped historical outcomes. As a definitive analysis of global power dynamics, it serves as crucial material for understanding the motivations and actions behind the New World Order.
Carroll Quigley was a legendary teacher at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service. His course on the history of civilization was extraordinary in its scope and in its impact on students. Like the course, The Evolution of Civilizations is a comprehensive and perceptive look at the factors behind the rise and fall of civilizations. Quigley examines the application of scientific method to the social sciences, then establishes his historical hypotheses. He poses a division of culture into six levels from the abstract to the more concrete. He then tests those hypotheses by a detailed analysis of five major civilizations: the Mesopotamian, the Canaanite, the Minoan, the classical, and the Western. Quigley defines a civilization as "a producing society with an instrument of expansion." A civilization's decline is not inevitable but occurs when its instrument of expansion is transformed into an institution--that is, when social arrangements that meet real social needs are transformed into social institutions serving their own purposes regardless of real social needs.
Focusing on the intricate relationship between weapon systems and political stability, this posthumous manuscript by historian Carroll Quigley offers a comprehensive analysis grounded in his anthropological approach to history. After being largely inaccessible for over 30 years, the unabridged work presents Quigley's insights, building upon the themes explored in his earlier influential texts, "Tragedy and Hope" and "The Evolution of Civilizations." This publication invites readers to engage with Quigley's unique perspective on historical dynamics.
