Making use of the propaganda model developed by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky,[1] Cromwell is critical of the inherent assumption that the Western world is superior, and a great defender of human rights. The book analyses standard accounts on "foreign policy, climate change and the constant struggle between state-corporate power and genuine democracy". The book discusses US manipulation of the British Government to prevent nationalisation of industry, the Iraq War and the media's reaction to it and makes accusations of Western hypocrisy, particularly over Iran.