Despite Iraq and Afghanistan, the UK military elite is cementing its power

Despite Iraq and Afghanistan, the UK military elite is cementing its power

Paul Dixon’s new book, The Militarisation of British Democracy: The Iraq and Afghan Wars and the Rise of Authoritarianism, argues that the British military elite and a broader militarist coalition blundered into two unwinnable wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet, they were never held to account and, paradoxically, emerged with their power enhanced. Richard Dannatt Recently disgraced lord general sir Richard Dannatt is a key figure in the book, hav…