Summary of Gerry Docherty & James MacGregor's Hidden History

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The Anglo-American Establishment was a plan drawn up by three men in London in 1891 to take over foreign policy control in Britain and the United States. It aimed to renew the Anglo-Saxon bond between Great Britain and the United States, and expand the British Empire’s influence.

Sujets

• Première Guerre mondiale
• History
• Military
• World War I
• Histoire

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• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 11 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822503878
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Gerry Docherty & James MacGregor's Hidden History
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Anglo-American Establishment was a plan drawn up by three men in London in 1891 to take over foreign policy control in Britain and the United States. It aimed to renew the Anglo-Saxon bond between Great Britain and the United States, and expand the British Empire’s influence.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The Secret Elite was a group of conspirators who were well-known public figures. They were able to conceal their existence quite successfully, and many of their influential members were unknown even to close students of British history.

#2

The secret society was formed in 1891, and its three initial architects brought different qualities and connections to the society. Rhodes was prime minister of Cape Colony and master and commander of a vast area of southern Africa that some were already beginning to call Rhodesia.

#3

Rhodes was a man who wanted to use his ill-gotten wealth to expand the British Empire. He was fundamentally different from other financiers who had used their fortunes to control questions of peace and war. He turned the objective on its head and sought to amass great wealth into his secret society.

#4

The third man at the inaugural meeting of the secret society was Reginald Brett, better known as Lord Esher, a close advisor to three monarchs. He represented the interests of the monarchy from Queen Victoria’s final years through the exuberant excesses of King Edward VII to the more sedate but pliable King George V.

#5

The Rothschild dynasty was pre-eminent in global banking and they considered themselves the equals of royalty. They were extremely wealthy and they could provide or deny funds to governments and manipulate the financial market on a global scale.

#6

The Rothschilds were a family of bankers who had international connections and vast financial resources. They were the masters of investment, and they understood the worth of foreknowledge. They communicated regularly with each other, and their network of agents and family members enabled them to anticipate and facilitate the next market opportunity.

#7

The Rothschilds were able to become extremely wealthy because they were able to open doors that were previously barred due to their Jewish roots. They became friends with Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, and advanced the family interests by befriending him.

#8

The Rothschilds had amassed such wealth that they could offer a facility for men to pursue great political ambition and profit. They controlled politics from behind the curtain, and they had almost daily communication with the great decision makers.

#9

Alfred Milner was a key figure within the Secret Elite. He was returning home from his post in Egypt when the inaugural meeting was held, and he was immediately inducted into the Society of the Elect.

#10

The five principal players in the Boer War were Rhodes, Stead, Esher, Rothschild, and Milner. They were a new force that was emerging inside British politics, but old traditional aristocratic families that had long dominated Westminster were also involved.

#11

The Secret Elite was a group of aristocrats and financiers who were the main architects of the British Empire. They were responsible for bringing all habitable portions of the world under their control. Everything they touched was about control: of people and how their thoughts could be influenced.

#12

The English ruling class secret society was formed in 1891 with the goal of taking control of the world. They built on the longtime power and patronage that the Salisbury and Rosebery families exercised in British politics, but also included the Rothschild dynasty of international financiers.
Insights from Chapter 3

#1

Cecil Rhodes, the son of an English vicar, left home at age 17 in 1870 to join his brother Herbert growing cotton in South Africa. He attracted the attention of the Rothschild agent Albert Gansi, who was assessing the local prospects for investment in diamonds. Rhodes bought out many small mining concerns, and his success was largely due to the financial backing of Lord Natty Rothschild.

#2

The British South Africa Company, created by Royal Charter in 1889, was empowered to form banks, to own, manage and grant or distribute land, and to raise a police force. It was a private police force, owned and paid for by the company and its management.

#3

The British government had promised not to interfere in the self-governing Boer Republics, but that was prior to the discovery of massive gold deposits in the Transvaal in 1886. The Boer Republics began to become problematic for Rhodes. They did not fit easily into Secret Elite plans for a unified South Africa, nor his dream of the trans-African railway.

#4

The Uitlander rebellion was a failure, and Rhodes was forced to resign as Cape Colony prime minister. The entire operation was a fiasco. The British government made no attempt to limit the powers of the Rothschild-Rhodes British South Africa Company.

#5

The Jameson Raid elevated President Paul Kruger to legendary status in the Transvaal. He began transforming his small army into an effective force of 25,000 commandos armed with the most advanced guns and rifles.

#6

After the raid, Rhodes’ leadership was damaged. He remained a totally ruthless servant of the Empire, but his attempt to overthrow the Boer government showed a lack of political cunning. The Secret Elite needed someone with intellect, intelligence, and political savvy to lead the society.

#7

Milner was appointed high commissioner for South Africa in 1897. He knew that the only way to make such a war acceptable to the British public was to portray the Boers as the aggressors.

#8

Milner was tasked with finding a solution to the South African problem, and he was supported by the Secret Elite throughout his mission. He was able to travel between London and the great watering holes of the Secret Elite, where he briefed members about Chamberlain’s views and insisted that he must have a free hand.

#9

The Boer War was completely unnecessary, as the British had already established control over the Transvaal. The only question that remained unanswered was how to bounce Paul Kruger into making the first move.

#10

The British government needed a popular cause to get the public’s attention, and the shooting of one of their citizens in his own home by a trigger-happy Boer policeman provided it. The cause became one of trampled civil rights.

#11

The Boer War was started by Milner as planned. The Transvaal government had been provoking the Uitlanders, and Smuts arrested newspaper editors who were sympathetic to them. The British sent troops to the Transvaal border, and the war began.

#12

The Boer War was a difficult, drawn-out conflict that proved frustratingly effective against a military mindset anchored in Wellington’s traditions. The war lasted almost three years and became the bloodiest, costliest, and longest that the British Army had fought in almost a century.

#13

The Boer War proved that the British Army was not fit for purpose. It altered Milner’s direct control of South African affairs, for the conduct of military operations was not within his remit.

#14

Milner learned a lot from the Boer War, which was useful for the Secret Elite in the war of 1914–18. He was determined to win the war, and he feared that if the British negotiated a peace with the Boers, it would be a kaffir bargain and the Boers would be allowed to keep their independence.

#15

The Boer War began badly for Britain in terms of military success, but its popularity began to wither thanks to two infamous causes that the Liberal opposition made their own. The first was the public outcry that grew from one of Milner’s rare mistakes.

#16

The war was costing the British government around two and a half million pounds per month, and as the secretary of state for war, St. John Brodrick, pointed out to Kitchener, they could not profit from any victories until the wheels of the gold mines began to turn.

#17

The Boer War was about mining rights and ownership of the Transvaal’s gold, but it also proved to be costly in human terms. Milner’s war was costly in human terms, but he regained the gold mines.

#18

Milner was the leader of the Secret Elite, and he turned his attention to the practical business of transforming South Africa into a model British dominion. He recruited a group of young men whom he had mainly recruited from Oxford University, and they replaced the government and administration of the two former republics.

#19

Milner’s Kindergarten was a group of new blood from the best universities who were loyal to the Empire and capable of populating the next generation of the Secret Society. They were able to achieve success thanks to Milner’s patronage, and they went on to become the Secret Elite’s imperial guard.

#20

The post-war reconstruction of South Africa was coordinated by the Kindergarten, which generated a general boom in work throughout the country.