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The Rothschild Dynasty
Dr. John Coleman, author of The Committee of 300, tells how Mayer Amschel, the founder of the "Red Shield"dynasty acquired his first fortune. It is a far cry from the myths and legends that still
surround the man who began as a rag and bone merchant and pawnbroker, working out of a small house on Judenstrasse, Frankfurt on the Main, Germany, where he lived with his wife and
family. The events attributed to history are often caused by a "hidden hand" pulling the strings of kings, princes and potentates from behind the scenes. The phenomena is explained and the legends
that have grown up around the Rothschilds are demolished by this book that also reveals the Rothschild's intriguing that brought down men like Napoleon and Tsar Alexander II of Russia. Legends has it that Mayer Amschel Rothschild's "genius and
financial skills" were inherited by his sons, but the truth is quite a different story, as Dr. Coleman makes very clear in this well documented account that goes far beyond the best known legends cloaking the true character of the family. Exactly how Mayer Amschel Rothschild "stuck it lucky" and the steps he took that brought the family from obscurity to "virtual rulers of all Europe," makes fascinating reading. This outstanding book is not only about the past, it is also about the present and the future. It will help to explain many of the
events that perplex the ordinary people like the war in Iraq and the war threats against Iran.
surround the man who began as a rag and bone merchant and pawnbroker, working out of a small house on Judenstrasse, Frankfurt on the Main, Germany, where he lived with his wife and
family. The events attributed to history are often caused by a "hidden hand" pulling the strings of kings, princes and potentates from behind the scenes. The phenomena is explained and the legends
that have grown up around the Rothschilds are demolished by this book that also reveals the Rothschild's intriguing that brought down men like Napoleon and Tsar Alexander II of Russia. Legends has it that Mayer Amschel Rothschild's "genius and
financial skills" were inherited by his sons, but the truth is quite a different story, as Dr. Coleman makes very clear in this well documented account that goes far beyond the best known legends cloaking the true character of the family. Exactly how Mayer Amschel Rothschild "stuck it lucky" and the steps he took that brought the family from obscurity to "virtual rulers of all Europe," makes fascinating reading. This outstanding book is not only about the past, it is also about the present and the future. It will help to explain many of the
events that perplex the ordinary people like the war in Iraq and the war threats against Iran.
212 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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July 19, 2015
This is a book that is supposed in part to lift the veil on the machinations of the Rothschild family of bankers in allegedly pulling strings behind the scenes to manipulate world events to their own ends.
Numerous contradictions litter the book. For example, according to the author, his hatred of Christians in general and of the Catholic Church's Pope in particular, contributed to Mayer Amschel, then patriarch of the Rothschild's clan, in maneuvering Napoleon Bonaparte into a war with the Russia that was ruled at that time by Tzar Alexander I. This is a strange statement, as the Pope could not be thought to be much of a friend to the Tzar, considering the split that divided at the time the Catholic Church from the Russian Eastern Orthodox church, which the Tzar headed.
It is also undeservedly belittling to the undoubted over-achiever and genius that was Napoleon to assert as the author does, that Bonaparte was a creation and a tool of the Rothschilds. The author also fails to advance one iota of verifiable fact in support of this argument.
If one is to believe Dr. Coleman, President Woodrow Wilson was also a tool and a dupe of the Rothschilds' agents who manipulated him into making America join the First World War. However, there is not even a passing mention in the book about the many depredations by Germany's submarines on American shipping in the Atlantic during that time, nor does the author make a single reference to the incident of the Zimmermann telegram. These events did much to turn American sentiment against Germany and the Zimmermann scandal is credited by Barbara Tuchman with largely causing President Wilson decide to enter the war.
A number of errors could have been omitted from the book had the author made a minimal effort in checking his historical facts. As one example, he states that no Bantu indigenes of Africa had migrated further south in their continent than the Zambezi River, by the time that Europeans had settled at the tip of the Africa. In fact white Boer settlers migrating north were already skirmishing with Xhosa inhabitants as early as 1779 at the Great Fish River, which formed then the border of the Cape Colony. This is over 1,000 Km distant south from the Zambezi river.
Failures such as these in meeting a minimum of requirements for historical rigor detract from the credibility of the work. Also, its frequent incoherence prevent the book from affording a smooth reading experience.
Overall, the reader comes away from this half-baked book with an impression of a pastiche of Rothschild legends and is left in the end with more questions than answers.
Numerous contradictions litter the book. For example, according to the author, his hatred of Christians in general and of the Catholic Church's Pope in particular, contributed to Mayer Amschel, then patriarch of the Rothschild's clan, in maneuvering Napoleon Bonaparte into a war with the Russia that was ruled at that time by Tzar Alexander I. This is a strange statement, as the Pope could not be thought to be much of a friend to the Tzar, considering the split that divided at the time the Catholic Church from the Russian Eastern Orthodox church, which the Tzar headed.
It is also undeservedly belittling to the undoubted over-achiever and genius that was Napoleon to assert as the author does, that Bonaparte was a creation and a tool of the Rothschilds. The author also fails to advance one iota of verifiable fact in support of this argument.
If one is to believe Dr. Coleman, President Woodrow Wilson was also a tool and a dupe of the Rothschilds' agents who manipulated him into making America join the First World War. However, there is not even a passing mention in the book about the many depredations by Germany's submarines on American shipping in the Atlantic during that time, nor does the author make a single reference to the incident of the Zimmermann telegram. These events did much to turn American sentiment against Germany and the Zimmermann scandal is credited by Barbara Tuchman with largely causing President Wilson decide to enter the war.
A number of errors could have been omitted from the book had the author made a minimal effort in checking his historical facts. As one example, he states that no Bantu indigenes of Africa had migrated further south in their continent than the Zambezi River, by the time that Europeans had settled at the tip of the Africa. In fact white Boer settlers migrating north were already skirmishing with Xhosa inhabitants as early as 1779 at the Great Fish River, which formed then the border of the Cape Colony. This is over 1,000 Km distant south from the Zambezi river.
Failures such as these in meeting a minimum of requirements for historical rigor detract from the credibility of the work. Also, its frequent incoherence prevent the book from affording a smooth reading experience.
Overall, the reader comes away from this half-baked book with an impression of a pastiche of Rothschild legends and is left in the end with more questions than answers.
July 18, 2016
Let us be very clear ! This subject, the history of the rotchild family, their relations and business (and other subjects and families) is a very important one and also very neglected by mainstream history and the history presented to the public !
Mainstream history usualy focuses on violent events or on important and vizible, to the public, figures, with official and visible power.
The Rotchilds (and others) are not that type of persons, they are the ones that make it possible for others to do things. But having the power to give "the power to do" is something they give to the persons that do what they want to do!
Now this book and author is labeled as conspiracy theory. And I will be hones and say that this author is not a proffesional historian, and this book is not well organized in it's ideas and presentation. This subject should be tackled by profesional historians also !
The information this author gives I belive is in the hole correct. But the subject is to vast for this author !
Read it and be more skeptical of the history you see on TV !!
Important note !! : The author fails to correctly explain the banking practice of fractional rezerve lending and his view on monetary issues is one with wich I do not agree. I recomend for understanding this part to read The Mystery of Bancking by Murray Rothbard.
Mainstream history usualy focuses on violent events or on important and vizible, to the public, figures, with official and visible power.
The Rotchilds (and others) are not that type of persons, they are the ones that make it possible for others to do things. But having the power to give "the power to do" is something they give to the persons that do what they want to do!
Now this book and author is labeled as conspiracy theory. And I will be hones and say that this author is not a proffesional historian, and this book is not well organized in it's ideas and presentation. This subject should be tackled by profesional historians also !
The information this author gives I belive is in the hole correct. But the subject is to vast for this author !
Read it and be more skeptical of the history you see on TV !!
Important note !! : The author fails to correctly explain the banking practice of fractional rezerve lending and his view on monetary issues is one with wich I do not agree. I recomend for understanding this part to read The Mystery of Bancking by Murray Rothbard.
April 22, 2015
The worst editing and translation in Turkish EVER! (This goes for "Destek Yayınları" in Turkey) For the first time in my life, I did not want to finish a book and really wanted to throw it away. My genuine feelings, sorry. Have to read the original copy in order to make the right judgement about the book.
November 2, 2015
too much conspiracy, the author is famous for.
he has references, I guess, credible enough: good point
too much meaning put on the shoulders of a family; on financial terms, may be yes, but the world is not based on only financial contradictions
the term socialism is used in a strange way I guess
point of view is clear and simple: anti-semitic christian/catholic
he has references, I guess, credible enough: good point
too much meaning put on the shoulders of a family; on financial terms, may be yes, but the world is not based on only financial contradictions
the term socialism is used in a strange way I guess
point of view is clear and simple: anti-semitic christian/catholic
March 20, 2018
Yazarın Rothshild hanedanlığı hakkında ciddi vakit harcadığı ve kayda değer bilgilere sahip olduğu aşikar. Ancak kitap o kadar kötü yazılmış ki okurken sürekli kopuyorsunuz. Soner Yalçın'in Efendi kitabında olduğu gibi, yüzlerce isim var. Olay örgüsünü hikayeleştirip anlatmalıydı ya da kitabı kısa yazacağım diye uğraşmamalıydı. Anlattığı bir çok bilgi havada kalıyor.
January 10, 2025
This book will piss you off. Knowing that these disgusting people have been shapping and destroying our world gets you in a special kind of pissed. We don't actually have any freedom just the illusion of it. Great book!
November 5, 2017
Nije knjiga loša, no su moje preferencije bile više ekonomske, a manje zavereničke, u kojem je maniru ovo konkretno delo.
October 20, 2018
Rothschildlar dünyanın en zengin ailesidir. Servetleri tam olarak bilinmese de tahminler dünya servetinin %50'sinden fazlasının bu aileye ait olduğu yönünde. Son 200 yılda dünyada çıkan savaşların tamamına yakınının bu aile tarafından çıkarıldığı bilinmekte. Başta ABD ve İngiltere olmak üzere dünyada birçok ülkenin Merkez Bankası'nın kontolünü yine bu aile elinde bulunduruyor. Petrol, Uyuşturucu, Bankalar, Borsa, silah.. Kısaca dünyada büyük servet kazanacakları (kirli) hangi alan varsa hepsi Rothschildlar'ın kontrolündedir. Bu ailenin sıfırdan böyle bir "GÜCE" nasıl ulaştığını herkesin okuması gerek. Çünkü bu aile, her ülkenin (ve dünyanın) başına en büyük beladır.
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Bilmeyenler için: Osmanlı'nın yıkılışında bu ailenin çok büyük payı vardır. Kitapta birkaç sayfa buna da değinilmiş.
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Bilmeyenler için: Osmanlı'nın yıkılışında bu ailenin çok büyük payı vardır. Kitapta birkaç sayfa buna da değinilmiş.
March 5, 2022
Kitap Rotschild ailesinin nereden çıktığını, nasıl ilerlediğini görmek açısından güzel. Ancak çok fazla isim var, kimin kim olduğu zor anlaşılıyor. Sürekli Wikipedia'dan bu kim diye bakarak okudum. Çeviri bence bayağı kötü. Bir cümle örnek vereyim: "Edward Cornell'de eğitim görmüş ve Texas valisine yardımcı olarak yapmaktaydı." Rotschildleri tanımak için birincil kaynak olduğunu düşünmüyorum.
November 5, 2017
Kitap önemli konuları işliyor ama anlatım biraz dağınık. Çok önemli iddialar içermesine karşın çok az kaynak gösteriyor. Kitap, Rusya'daki Çarlık rejimini yıkması için Rothschildlerin Lenin ve Troçki'yi görevlendirdiği ile bitiyor. Ama buna elle tutulur bir kanıt veremiyor.
February 8, 2014
Awalanya dari nonton video animasi ini
youtube.com/watch?v=j69Ap4lndl0,
saya jadi penasaran, siapa sih "Red Shield" atau di artikel lain dinamai "Fabian" itu. Karena menurut saya, merekalah yang paling bertanggung jawab dari semua peristiwa dalam video itu. Dari modal googling, ternyata semua mengerucut ke satu dinasti keluarga bernama Rothschild. Si Rothschild ini ternyata berpengaruh besar di peristiwa-peristiwa penting dalam sejarah dunia. Dan semuanya dibahas lengkap di buku ini. Isi buku ini juga sangat relevan dengan video yang disebut diawal tadi. Buat yang sudah pernah melihat video animasi tadi dan suka sejarah, saya rekomendasikan ke kalian untuk membaca buku ini dari awal sampai habis.
youtube.com/watch?v=j69Ap4lndl0,
saya jadi penasaran, siapa sih "Red Shield" atau di artikel lain dinamai "Fabian" itu. Karena menurut saya, merekalah yang paling bertanggung jawab dari semua peristiwa dalam video itu. Dari modal googling, ternyata semua mengerucut ke satu dinasti keluarga bernama Rothschild. Si Rothschild ini ternyata berpengaruh besar di peristiwa-peristiwa penting dalam sejarah dunia. Dan semuanya dibahas lengkap di buku ini. Isi buku ini juga sangat relevan dengan video yang disebut diawal tadi. Buat yang sudah pernah melihat video animasi tadi dan suka sejarah, saya rekomendasikan ke kalian untuk membaca buku ini dari awal sampai habis.
March 12, 2019
This book is full of errors!
The "author" plagiarised by stealing (ideas, information, structure....etc) from a book written by Count. Cherep-Spiridovich , titled "THE HIDDEN HAND" and published in 1926.
The "author" plagiarised by stealing (ideas, information, structure....etc) from a book written by Count. Cherep-Spiridovich , titled "THE HIDDEN HAND" and published in 1926.
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August 10, 2017please, I want to read tihis book
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