The empire's new clothes, the myth of the commonwealth, Philip Murphy
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The empire's new clothes, the myth of the commonwealth, Philip Murphy
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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index present
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non fiction
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The empire's new clothes
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bibliography
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1005115975
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Philip Murphy
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the myth of the commonwealth
Summary
n 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 organised 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, 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 organisation based on shared values, rather than a shared history. --, Provided by publisher
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