Will Podmore

British Foreign Policy since 1870 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book survey Britain¿s foreign policy since 1870. Conventional accounts stress the rulers¿ benevolent rhetoric: I present the evidence that refutes this superficial, liberal view. Britain¿s economy is the key to understanding its foreign policy: capitalism causes a conflict-ridden foreign policy. The rulers¿ focus has been on seizing profits from abroad, for which they have sacrificed the welfare of the British people. British governments - Conservative, Liberal and Labour alike - have represented the tiny minority who own the means of production, and have opposed the great majority who have to work for a living. The ruling class¿s external focus has also damaged relations with other countries and helped to produce the two recurring types of war - wars between rival empires and wars against national liberation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Xlibris US
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781462835775
• Artikelnr.: 69346571

Autorenporträt

Will Podmore is married, with four children and one grandson. A member of the University and College Union, he lives in London. Chief Librarian at the British School of Osteopathy, he previously worked at the Royal Courts of Justice, HMSO Publications and the British Library. He has degrees from University College London, and Keele, London and Sussex Universities. Previous publications include Sovereignty for what? Why stopping EMU is just the start, 1997; Britain, Italy, Germany and the Spanish Civil War, 1998; Reg Birch: Engineer, Trade Unionist, Communist, 2004; and The European Union - Bad for Britain - A Trade Union View, 2005.