In the tradition of such Ludlum classics as The Chancellor Manuscript and The Icarus Agenda, The Bancroft Strategy is a thriller in which two figures find themselves facing a shadowy organization working to twist global politics to their own unsavory ends. nIn the tradition of such Ludlum classics as The Chancellor Manuscript and The Icarus Agenda, The Bancroft Strategy is a thriller in which two figures find themselves facing a shadowy organization working to twist global politics to their own unsavory ends.