![]() Empire explains how some of our richest families and institutions and cities became wealthy. Empire helped to establish the position of the City of London as one of the world’s major financial centres, and also ensures that the interests of finance trump the interests of so many other groups in the twenty-first century. Empire explains the feeling that we are exceptional and can go it alone when it comes to everything from Brexit to dealing with global pandemics. Empire explains the global pretensions of our Foreign and Defence secretaries. “Empire explains why we have a diaspora of millions of Britons spread around the world. It is not a necessity, nor even especially helpful to know all this, but those who claim to love Britain and feel passionate about its history cannot truly have grappled with this unless they’ve delved into the history of empire, something Britain is notoriously bad at facing. ![]() Our relationship with our history and government is often confined to general interest, rather than really grappling with the meaning of what it means to be from a particular nation the psychology of being British as opposed to another country. Kennedy quote, what your country knows about you, ask what you know about your country. Another nonfiction review that consists of copious notes and spoilers.Īsk not, to bastardise a John F. ![]()
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