Butler To The World - How Britain Lost An Empire And Found A Role (Hardcover)

The Suez Crisis of 1956 was Britain's twentieth-century nadir, the moment when the once superpower was bullied into retreat. In the immortal words of former US Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 'Britain has lost an empire and not yet found a role.' But the funny thing was, Britain had already found a role. It even had the costume. The leaders of the world just hadn't noticed it yet.

Butler to the World reveals how the UK took up its position at the elbow of the worst people on Earth: the oligarchs, kleptocrats and gangsters. They pride themselves on values of fair play and the rule of law, but few countries do more to frustrate global anti-corruption efforts. They are now a nation of Jeeveses, snobbish enablers for rich halfwits of considerably less charm than Bertie Wooster.

It doesn't have to be that way.

General

Imprint:	Profile Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2022
Authors:	Oliver Bullough
Dimensions:	234 x 153 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-78816-587-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > General
LSN:	1-78816-587-X
Barcode:	9781788165877

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