| Embassies in Armed Conflict Contributor(s): Berridge, G. R. (Author), Scott-Smith, Giles (Editor), Rofe, J. Simon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1441104623 ISBN-13: 9781441104625 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $158.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 327.2 |
| LCCN: 2011035217 |
| Series: Key Studies in Diplomacy |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (0.92 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During wartime, embassies assume different roles and face various situations. An embassy might represent a belligerent state while being situated in an enemy, an allied, or a neutral state. Conversely, it might represent a neutral state, while having to function in a belligerent state. How does an embassy's situation affect its priorities? How does it affect its staff and mission? The work and risks they face may vary greatly, but embassies play a key role in war, a time when they are required to give higher priority to military and political intelligence while facing daily risks of attacks and managing media and high-ranking visitors.Embassies in Armed Conflict examines these issues and the problems wartime embassies encounter by looking primarily at the experiences of American, British, and Indian embassies. Written by a leading expert, the book aims to both examine the role of wartime embassies and to provide guidance for those who serve -or wish to serve-in the Foreign Service. |
Contributor Bio(s): Scott-Smith, Giles: - Giles Scott-Smith is Senior Researcher with the Roosevelt Study Center and holds the Ernst van der Beugel Chair in the Diplomatic History of Transatlantic Relations since WWII at Leiden University, the Netherlands. In 2012 he was appointed Chair of the Transatlantic Studies Association, and he is currently one of the editors for the Key Studies in Diplomacy book series of Bloomsbury Press. His research interests cover the role of non-state actors and public diplomacy in the maintenance of inter-state (particularly transatlantic) relations. His major publications include Western Anti-Communism and the Interdoc Network: Cold War Internationale (2012), Networks of Empire: The U.S. State Department's Foreign Leader Program in the Netherlands, France, and Britain 1950-70 (2008), and The Politics of Apolitical Culture: The Congress for Cultural Freedom, the CIA, and Post-war American Hegemony (2002). |
