Embassies in armed conflict / G. R. Berridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berridge, Geoff.

Series:

Key studies in diplomacy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomatic and consular service.

Diplomatic and consular service, British.

Diplomatic and consular service, American.

Physical Description:

xi, 207 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2012.

Summary:

Wartime embassies can find themselves in a number of different situations. An embassy may represent a belligerent and be situated in an enemy state, allied front-line state, or important neutral. On the other hand, it may represent a neutral and have to function in a belligerent state. How does its situation affect its priorities and the peculiar handicaps under which it labours? What changes in the staffing and conduct of embassies are made by war, and what are the implications of these changes for their diplomatic component? This volume in the Key Studies in Diplomacy series considers such issues, chiefly in light of the experience of British, American and Indian embassies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

The military component: defence section; military advisers; intelligence officers

Embassies in enemy states: initial siege; prompt and dignified departures; internment pending exchange; preserving diplomatic relations

Neutral embassies to belligerents: helping expatriates; reporting the war; commercial work; protecting foreign interests

Belligerent embassies to neutrals: propaganda; espionage and special operations; evaders and escapers; placating the host; handling peace feelers

Embassies to frontline allies: in conventional warfare; in low-intensity warfare.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441104625

1441104623

9781441180070

1441180079

OCLC:

731924011