An Introduction to the Order

An Introduction to the Order by Antony C. Sutton is the first volume of Sutton’s The Order series and investigates the history, membership, organization, and alleged influence of the secret Yale society known as The Order. Sutton examines its origins in 1832, its recruitment and initiation practices, the prominent families associated with it, and what he describes as its connections to major areas of American society, including education, foundations, law, communications, industry, banking, the Federal Reserve System, politics, government, and religion. He further explores the relationship Sutton proposes between The Order and organizations such as the Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, Bilderbergers, Pilgrim Society, and other elite networks, presenting these relationships as evidence of a broader system of coordinated influence. The book develops Sutton’s central hypothesis that The Order represents an enduring network of individuals and families whose activities have helped shape political and social change, including what he calls the development of a “New World Order.”