 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Oliver Bullough |
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| Published | 14 June 2022 (US) [1] |
| Publisher | Profile Books (UK) St. Martin's Press (US) [1] |
Butler to the World: How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals is a 2022 book written by Oliver Bullough in which he argues the United Kingdom found a new role for iteself following the 1956 Suez Crisis as agent and facilitator to the powerful and wealthy globally. [2] [3]
The book was longlisted in 2022 for the Business Book of the Year Award by the Financial Times . [4]
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