matthew alford a teaching fellow at the university of bath is known for examining the censored television and film scripts the united states even searching the archives for his book real power marry hollywood cinema and american supremacy but in his latest book union jack boot where your media and professor is don't tell you about british foreign policy he examines what we don't learn in school alford interviews teaching coles the author of britain secret wars about britain's role in the age of brecht's that trump and russia watching the hot zone johnstone sat down with matthew offered in london to learn more. is a suit. and quite rightly the british power british empire decreased markedly both due to the first world war and by certainly by the end of the second world war and it was a shadow of its former self by nine hundred fifty six the serious crisis showed that britain could no longer be a great power on the world stage and the united states had taken its place in that regard very very clearly but nevertheless if we look at the nature of british power now and its continued reach part