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 came to assume its place at the elbow of the worst people on Earth: the oligarchs, kleptocrats and gangsters. We pride ourselves on values of fair play and the rule of law, but few countries do more to frustrate global anti-corruption efforts. Once you strip away the humour, butlers - even Jeeves - are a pretty depressing prospect: intelligent people who rent out their talents to rich halfwits. That''s us. It doesn''t have to be that way.
Il n'y a pas encore de discussion sur ce livre
Soyez le premier à en lancer une !
"On n'est pas dans le futurisme, mais dans un drame bourgeois ou un thriller atmosphérique"
L'auteur se glisse en reporter discret au sein de sa propre famille pour en dresser un portrait d'une humanité forte et fragile
Au Rwanda, l'itinéraire d'une femme entre rêve d'idéal et souvenirs destructeurs
Participez et tentez votre chance pour gagner des livres !
