Description:
A former British diplomat reveals the UK's role in raising tension worldwide and castigates its foreign policy towards Russia, Saudi Arabia, US and China.
Brief description: After graduating from Oxford with a first class degree in history, Arthur Snell joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He took and passed the Arabic language course, becoming a fluent Arabic speaker.He served Britain in many troubleshoots around the world, including Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Yemen, and Iraq.He headed the international strand of the UK Government's Prevent counterterrorism programme.He is currently a geopolitical consultant and host of the hit podcast Doomsday Watch.
Review Quotes:
"With insight that comes from years of front-line diplomacy, he shows that the UK has helped fracture the global order and undermined trust around the world... the directness of Snell's book is refreshing, and its indictments land harder because it is a view from the inside." - New Statesman
"In this engrossing and frankly deeply troubling book, former senior British diplomat Snell explains how Britain's often incompetent, inconsistent and sometimes downright greedy foreign policy has played a pivotal role in rendering the world a more dangerous place." - Editor's Choice, The Bookseller
"One of the most engaging, authentic and original analyses I've read of events of the last quarter century" - Shakespeare & Co, Paris
"Diplomats are masters of urbane double-talk, so it is refreshing to find a former Foreign Office mandarin issuing a trenchant indictment of Britain's deplorable geopolitical performance over the last twenty-five years." - Literary Review
"I cannot recommend this book highly enough" - Monocle podcast
"Buy this book" - John Sweeney, journalist