The New World Order (Robertson)
Encyclopedia
The New World Order is a book written, published in 1991, by American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 televangelist Pat Robertson
Pat Robertson
Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson is a media mogul, television evangelist, ex-Baptist minister and businessman who is politically aligned with the Christian Right in the United States....

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The work

  • Library of Congress catalog card:
The new world order
LC Control No.: 91032023
Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
Personal Name: Robertson, Pat.
Main Title: The new world order / Pat Robertson.
Published/Created: Dallas : Word Pub., c1991.
Description: xiii, 319 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0849909155 : $17.99
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-275) and index.
Subjects: World politics--1989-
Civilization, Modern--1950-
LC Classification: D860 .R64 1991
Dewey Class No.: 909.82 20
  • The New York Times
    The New York Times
    The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

    , Best seller
    Bestseller
    A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and book trade figures and published by newspapers, magazines, or bookstore chains. Some lists are broken down into classifications and...

     listing, November 10, 1991: http://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/10/books/best-sellers-november-10-1991.html.

Reviews

In a review of this book, Ephraim Radner writes that "Lind and Heilbrun show how Robertson took over—in some cases word for word—well-worn theories of a Jewish conspiracy. In particular, Robertson relied on the work of Nesta Webster and Eustace Mullins
Eustace Mullins
Eustace Clarence Mullins, Jr. was a populist American political writer, biographer, and antisemite. His most famous and influential work is The Secrets of The Federal Reserve, described by congressman Wright Patman as 'a very fine book [which] has been very useful to me'...

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Criticism

Robertson's tome The New World Order was described as a 'catch all for conspiracy theories
Conspiracy theory
A conspiracy theory explains an event as being the result of an alleged plot by a covert group or organization or, more broadly, the idea that important political, social or economic events are the products of secret plots that are largely unknown to the general public.-Usage:The term "conspiracy...

' by Christian academic Don Wilkey:
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