The British Imperial Establishment, Post Imperial Era, and the ‘Churchillian’ World View, 1945-2016. (Adjustments & Challenges in Contemporary British Diplomatic Strategy)

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were
created in order to look after the possessions abroad i.e. Colonial Office,
and the department responsible
for defence; in addition, all those state
departments which already were in existence grew larger to enable
themselves to
cope with the extra activities created as a result of this economic and
political
growth.

Those
members of the establishment who had leading positions in the state
departments were the political elite. As
well as jobs which were direct gains from
the territorial possessions, or the empire, which Britain acquired,
the British
political elite’s main concern was the economic well being and privileges of the
whole
of the establishment (or the imperial based class). This is due to the fact
that the establishment, as we
have seen in our studies, comprises of those with a
similar background and often this social cohesion
develops into kinship.
Therefore it was the economic and social interest of the establishment that
the
political elite had to protect. In the forthcoming chapters we shall be examining
how the British
political elite sought to safeguard the interests and influence of
Great Britain (and therefore its own
position and privileges) in the context of the
rising power of other, more recently industrialized, countries
notably Germany,
Japan and in particular of the United States

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