How did Britain become the servant of the world's most powerful and corrupt men? From accepting multi-million pound tips from Russian oligarchs, to enabling Gibraltar to become an offshore gambling haven, meet Butler Britain. 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 no Butler to the World - Oliver Bullough od authora Oliver Bullough a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Oliver Bullough |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
288 |
Rok vydání |
2022 |
Žánr |
naučná |
Nakladatelství |
Profile Books |