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The Empire's new clothes : the myth of the Commonwealth

Murphy, Philip, 1965- author

Overview

\"Is the Commonwealth little more than a mirage--as lacking in substance as the emperor's new clothes? In the wake of Brexit, the Commonwealth has been identified as an important body for future British trade and diplomacy, but few know what it actually does. How is it organized and what has held it together for so long? How important is the Queen's role as Head of the Commonwealth? Most importantly, why has it had such a troubled recent past, and is it realistic to imagine that its fortunes might be reversed? In The Empire's New Clothes, Philip Murphy strips away the gilded self-image of the Commonwealth to reveal an irrelevant institution afflicted by imperial amnesia. He offers a personal perspective on this complex and poorly understood institution, and asks if it can ever escape from the shadow of the British Empire to become an organization based on shared values, rather than a shared history.\" --book jacket.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Subject: Commonwealth (Organization) History. / European Union Great Britain. / Commonwealth (Organization) / European Union. / Diplomatic relations. / Great Britain Foreign relations Commonwealth countries. / Commonwealth countries Foreign relations Great Britain. / Commonwealth countries. / Great Britain.
• ISBN: 9780190911157

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
JN248.M87 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE