'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a :Category:Deus Ex books, magazines and newspapers|book appearing in ''Deus Ex''. Written by Travis Crockett, it focuses on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_the_Cincinnati Order of the Cincinnati.
==Transcript==
Introduction
Organized at the end of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War American Revolution on May 13, 1783, by General http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_washington George Washington, the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Cincinnati Order of the Cincinnati was ostensibly formed as a
fraternity to recognize the accomplishments of those officers who had served
with distinguishment during the Revolution. However, the true purpose of the
Order was the cultivation of a military force ready, willing, and able to
accomplish a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat coup d'état if the fledgling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_democracy American democracy began to stumble.
Skeptical at the viability of the untried democratic system, Washington took
counsel in the story of the Roman general http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnatus Cincinnatus who was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mons_Algidus called from retirement to serve as Dictator for sixteen days in the defense of Rome, after which he returned home to his farm. In the wake of the Revolution, the United
States was vulnerable to any number of outside forces, and Washington felt that
a strong, central authority had to be present that could assume control of the
government if necessary—and "temporarily" suspend the Constitution if
required.
Washington resigned as President after only two terms in office, but remained
President of the Order of the Cincinnati till his death. The Order still exists
to this day, a shadow organization of the wealthy and powerful that has been
linked to any number of other organizations ranging from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati Illuminati to the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_Commission Trilateral Commission...
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