Someone Else's Empire: British Illusions and American Hegemony Stevenson Tom
Someone Else's Empire: British Illusions and American Hegemony Stevenson Tom Someone's Else's Empire coolly reassesses Britain's relationship with the United States. Yet there is a refusal, in most…
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Someone Else's Empire: British Illusions and American Hegemony Stevenson Tom
Someone's Else's Empire coolly reassesses Britain's relationship with the United States. Yet there is a refusal, in most parts of society, to examine the assumptions behind them. Elite descriptions of Britain's position in the world ('punching above our weight') are untenable, Tom Stevenson argues.
Why are newly opened Persian Gulf bases working side by side with Saudi and Emirati forces engaged in the catastrophic war on Yemen?The impetus for so many decisions about British foreign policy comes from a desire to maintain lieutenant rank with Washington. Half a century after British withdrawal from "east of Suez," why has the Indo-Pacific tilt become a Whitehall priority? But British leaders and defence specialists tend to dislike seeing Britain framed by American power.
A great effort is required to clear away the build-up of irrelevant, nostalgic detritus around "Global
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