Not What You Think
The inflammatory title does not refer to religious Jews or those of scrupulous conduct. It details the emergence of a kind of Jewish Mafia through the banking enterprises of Rothschild, Warburg, Schiff, Loeb, and Kuhn that overhauled Tammany Hall in NYC. The influence of money and money supply is a subject for many authors. Henry Ford is neither naive nor reticent about his analyses. The discussion of Bernard Baruch in particular. Much of history is hidden in the shadows. There is hardly any debate about the Rothschilds' role in the various European wars. This book was issued in the early 1920s and helps people today, in an era of "political correctness", understand the changes of power bases. Ford claims that Bolshevism was financed from NYC, for example. These types of books were critical to the emergence of Adolf Hitler, among others. But the book is not truly anti-Semitic: it does not condemn Jews ipso facto. It points out that the Yiddish culture lends itself to sub rosa arrangements. Much of the influence of Jews in the theatre and the movie industry is detailed. On this latter subject, many Jewish people would agree. Ford emphasizes that when publicity is given to the chicanery in the book, it shrivels up. The highly inflammatory topic of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is also covered, although Ford does not really care if they are authentic or not. But they do outline some recent events, he says. Whatever the cause of present American hypocrisy and war-mongering, this volume may shed some light upon. Should be read by Jew and Gentile alike, with an open mind.
