{"product_id":"how-britain-broke-the-world-book-arthur-snell-9781912454600","title":"How Britain Broke the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBuy this book\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eJohn Sweeney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEngrossing and frankly deeply troubling\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI cannot recommend this book highly enough \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eMonocle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEngaging, authentic and original analyses \u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eShakespeare \u0026amp; Co\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTurmoil in the 2020s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Russia is destroying Ukraine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- China threatens Taiwan and Southeast Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Endless war in the Middle East sends waves of migrants and terrorists washing around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- And the biggest nations on Earth cannot agree effective action to stop the worst effects of global heating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstead of being a global force for good, Britain has often fostered instability and division. In fact, the UK's careless 'humanitarian' interventions, grandiosity and greed have helped to fracture the global order built after World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy is the world so dangerous now?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Britain Broke the World\u003c\/i\u003e is by former senior British diplomat Arthur Snell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt critically assesses UK foreign policy over the past 25 years, from Kosovo in 1998 to Afghanistan in 2021, while also scrutinising British policy towards the powerhouses of the USA, Russia, India, and China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFar from being unimportant, Snell reveals, Britain has often played a pivotal role in world affairs. For instance, London supplied the false intelligence that justified the Allied invasion of Iraq and plugged Russia's corrupt elite into Western economies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen come the bungled humanitarian interventions in foreign states.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithout the UK's marginal but key role, the author argues, it's likely that wars would not have blighted the Balkans, Iraq, and Libya, hundreds of thousands of lives would have been saved, and the world would be a safer place in the 2020s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking in Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Snell charts the key political, economic and geographic factors that drive the behaviour of the most powerful and populous countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike a diplomatic version of \u003ci\u003ePrisoners of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e by Tim Marshall, \u003ci\u003eHow Britain Broke the World\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the ignominious reality of UK foreign policy and the true state of world affairs. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Britain's role in international affairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuy the book to carry on reading\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49571448717585,"sku":"GOR013717046","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49576643494161,"sku":"GOR012536661","price":16.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1912454602.jpg?v=1751453553","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/products\/how-britain-broke-the-world-buch-arthur-snell-9781912454600","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}