Goldstein Publishes Book Chapter on British Ambassadorial Cadre 1919-1939
Erik Goldstein, Professor of International Relations and History at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, published a chapter in British World Policy and the Projection of Global Power, 1830-1960 (Cambridge University Press, 2019).
Goldstein’s chapter, entitled ‘The Ambassadors, 1919-1939,” analyses the British ambassadorial cadre during a time when it was under increasing threat of politicization and patronage appointments. The survival of a professional service and the maintenance of high morale among its most senior officials was an ongoing struggle in the years between the two World Wars.
Erik Goldstein is the author of numerous works on the peace settlement, including two books, Winning the Peace: British Diplomatic Strategy, Peace Planning, and the Paris Peace Conference, 1916-1920 and The First World Wars Peace Settlements: International Relations, 1918-25.His research interests include diplomacy, formulation of national diplomatic strategies, the origins and resolution of armed conflict, and negotiation. He has published in numerous journals, including Review of International Relations, Middle Eastern Studies, East European Quarterly, Historical Research, Historical Journal, Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, and the Hague Journal of Diplomacy.