The Best Enemy Money Can Buy

"The Best Enemy Money Can Buy", authored by Antony C. Sutton is a fact-based work, published in 1986, but based on research undertaken by the same author in throughout his career, particularly in the late 60's and early 1970's. Many an academic is pigeonholed in a specific area of expertise, in which they push the envelope further, in matters of investigation, research, theories, formulae, theses in a framework of university level graduate work (Master's, PhD's, professorship, etc.) In the case of Sutton, the area was the Cold War between Russia and the USA mainly, or the Western Countries with NATO generally. Also, this work and worth as an investigator was measuring the performance of both world rival super-powers, in that Cold War competition, and analysing how well Russia was doing, and by which methods, focusing on technology in particular. In this treatise, Sutton expounds over the above subject over more than 210 pages, using his advance language skills in reading German and Russian publications, and retaining the relevant military and industrial developments, achievements and facts contained therein, to explain them to readers, in a concise, legible, understandable manner. Although at times over-simplified, Sutton exhaustively documents (going over every nook and cranny, at times) how the USA almost every single time, was ready, willing and more than able to create the best enemy that Russians could afford to become, monetarily. And if they didn't have the cash to buy the technology and know-how, the USA was more than happy to raise funds from taxpayers and the Federal Reserve to finance the production and export of machinery and finished industrial parts to Russia, so the former Soviet Union could become a lethal, respectable, modern military competitor to itself. How this could happen, in a Cold War scenario, during which 20 million perished in WW2, after which perhaps 142,000 US Military perished in the Korean War, and 58,000 US Military perished in the Vietnamese War has many hypotheses. The first, that micromanaging the USA's industries, factories, scientists, exported goods, research labs is impossible from the government level. Secondly, that army casualties are a minor aspect or cost in the overall goal of increasing the USA's balance sheet, as measured by the GDP, scientific and economic progress, manufacturing and exporting increasingly, no matter which is the other country doing the importing. Thirdly, that politicans to get elected make backroom deals to break export controls to powerful industrialists, in exchange for political party contributions. In turn, the elected officials maneuver their hand-chosen candidates into the board of directors of major multinational corporations to get the deals done internationally, and name them to the proper executive branch positions. This way, they eliminate those public servants and board directors that had been opposing the exports of sensitive machinery and machinery, under t

Those who read Anthony Sutton's WALL AND THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION should read THE BEST ENEMY MONEY CAN BUY in tandam. The latter book simply follows events during and especially after World War II and the Cold War. Sutton has amassed a collection of anecdotes and comments which, if so sad and deadly, would be funny. Part of THE BEST ENEMY MONEY CAN BUY deals with government officials either defelcting or ending investigations of U.S. business executives who did business and made lucrative deals with "The Evil Empire." Many U.S. presidents preached about the purity of their anti-Communism while at the same time arranging for business leaders to make huge sums of money doing business with both the Soviets and Chinese Communists. Some of the projects that U.S. and Western European businessmen included innocent sounding projects such as the Kharkov Tractor Factory which was built in 1932. This became a military production factory. Another example of U.S. government and business executives occured just before the Soviets Afghanistan in 1980. The Soviets purchased huge grain supplies knowing that window dressing would preclude further grain sales. Sutton also cites the Kama Truck Factory which was computerized by Texas Instruments, powered by General Electric, and financed by U.S. bankers. All of this done via the U.S. taxpayers. One must raise the question of who pays for all of this. For all of his tough talk about the wicked Communists, Pres. Reagan continued the late Pres. Nixon's policy of money and technology transfers to the Chinese Communists. One amusing aspect of the Cold War was the fact that U.S. authroities went after any and all dissenters who complained about the status-quo. The political response to any complaints or problems in the U.S. was due to "The Gremlins in the Kremlin." Yet, the same businessmen, Congressmen, self appointed professional anti-Communists, etc. were the same ones who voted for or arranged so much finance and technology to both the Soviets and Chinese. The official anti-Communists did more to prolong Big Communism than any U.S. dissenter or U.S. self avowed Communist. What is interesting is the official political do gooders condemned U.S. labor leaders as being Communist. Yet, these same labor leaders were virtually the only ones who raised protest against the harsh working and living conditions of Soviet workers which Sutton makes clear on page 208. The hypocrisy is so apparent. Those who say the a picture is worth a thousand words would appreciate this book. The political cartoons reveal a lot about the lack of loyalty on part of "conservative" business leaders who have been in the vanguard of domestic anti-Communism. Anthony Sutton is clear that U.S. technology and financial transfers to Big Communism was responsible for the deaths of U.S. Servicemen in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. U.S. citizens should be outraged that their government and official leaders were responsible for all t

Sutton proves conclusively that the United States financed the economic and military development of the Soviet Union. Without this aid, financed by U.S. taxpayers, there would be no significant Soviet military threat, for there would be no Soviet economy to support the Soviet military machine, let alone sophisticated military equipment. The book reads almost like a legal brief from the prosecution.