Butler to the World [electronic resource] : How Britain Lost an Empire and Found a Role
Bullough, Oliver2022
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The Suez Crisis of 1956 was the nadir of Britain's twentieth century, the moment when the once-superpower was bullied into retreat. In the immortal words of US Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 'Great 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 came to assume its place at the centre of the offshore economy, a hive of amoral flunkies and money-launderers for hire, frustrating all the efforts of the rest of the world - most especially the United States - to grapple with global corruption. If you look at butlers, even at Jeeves once you strip away the humour, they are a pretty depressing prospect: intelligent people that rent out their talents to rich halfwits. That's Britain. But it doesn't have to be that way.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Profile Books, 2022
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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9781782837398
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English
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3305249
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