The Foreign Office.

New Whitehall Series

by William Strang

This book contains a comprehensive description of the British Foreign Office and the Foreign Service since the important Eden reforms of 1943. It helps the reader to understand the complex factors that have to be taken into account in formulating Britain's foreign policy and the ways in which information is obtained and advice offered to Ministers. Also included is a vivid picture of daily life and work at the Foreign Office, at embassies and consulates overseas, and at the headquarters of international organizations.

226 pages, Hardcover

First published November 7, 1984

About the author

William Strang, 1st Baron Strang was a British diplomat who served in a variety of positions in the Foreign Office in his career, which lasted from 1919 to 1953. He served as Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office from 1949 to 1953, guiding the United Kingdom through the Marshall Plan, the establishment of the Western European Union and NATO, and the breaking of the Berlin blockade.

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