1st Edition
Diplomatic Identity in Postwar Britain The Deconstruction of the Foreign Office "Type", 1945–1997
By James Southern
Copyright 2021
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book seeks to understand the complex ways in which the Foreign Office adapted to the rise of identity politics in Britain as it administered British foreign policy during the Cold War and the end of the British Empire. After the Second World War, cultural changes in British society forced a reconsideration of erstwhile diplomatic archetypes, as restricting recruitment to white, heterosexual,... Read more
Introduction: 'Member of'
1. Sir Percival Waterfield and the Civil Service Selection Board Experiment, 1945–1960
2. The Foreign Office and the Grammar School Revolution, 1945–1980
3. Redbrick, Whitehall: The Diplomatic Service 'Image' and University Expansion, 1960–1970
4. 'The Mystic Link between Colour and Security': Ethnicity and Recruitment to the Diplomatic Service, 1948–1993
5. 'No Homosexuals Allowed': The Diplomatic Service Bar on Homosexuality, 1965–1995
6. 'Safety First'?: Gender and the Lifting of the Foreign Office Marriage Bar, 1945–1975
Conclusion: 'Larger-than-Life Graham Greeneness'
Biography
James Southern is a historical advisor to the UK Home Office.
