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Imperial obituary: The mysterious death of the British Empire
Imperial The Mysterious Death of the British Empire by Major General Richard Hilton.
160 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1968
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November 23, 2025
"Unfortunately Great Britain, or at any rate its present government, acting as usual in the role of ventriloquist's dummy to America, is fighting this battle on the wrong side."
This is an interesting book. Despite views that these days would be considered as loathsome and archaic, and frankly would shock and appall modern audiences, the core of the thesis is well reasoned and eloquently argued. The strongest arguments are on the Americanisation of society, the role of international finance in crafting "world governance," and the unthanked role of the British Empire in creating a sense of international law and order that we completely take for granted these days. Whilst much of the book I would question, the general thesis of a nation that has lost its priorities is even more relevant today...
...I wonder how we will view this thesis in another 50 years...
This is an interesting book. Despite views that these days would be considered as loathsome and archaic, and frankly would shock and appall modern audiences, the core of the thesis is well reasoned and eloquently argued. The strongest arguments are on the Americanisation of society, the role of international finance in crafting "world governance," and the unthanked role of the British Empire in creating a sense of international law and order that we completely take for granted these days. Whilst much of the book I would question, the general thesis of a nation that has lost its priorities is even more relevant today...
...I wonder how we will view this thesis in another 50 years...
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