The Foreign Office, Commerce and British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century

“This volume provides useful empirical evidence of the dangers of diffusing the oversight of external concerns through multiple competing ministries … . For anyone seeking to understand the immense complexity of commercial diplomacy, and to gain a grasp of the trajectory of this core area of diplomatic activity, this is an invaluable volume, and likely to become a standard work.” (Erik Goldstein, Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 55 (2), 2020)

John Fisher is Associate Head of History at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), UK, and the author of several books, including
British Diplomacy and the Descent into Chaos
(2012).

Effie G. H. Pedaliu is Fellow at LSE IDEAS, UK. She specialises in international history; the Cold War; Mediterranean Security; British and American Cold War diplomacy and strategy.

Richard Smith is Senior Historian at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, UK, and editor of
Documents on British Policy Overseas
.