Ian Talbot is a professor of Modern South Asian History at the University of Southampton, UK. His recent Routledge publications include the edited books India and World War I (co-edited with Roger Long, 2018) and State and Nation-Building in Pakistan (co-edited with Roger Long, Gurharpal Singh, and Yunas Samad, 2015).

Professor Talbot has drawn on both British and American diplomatic sources and has spoken to many of the British diplomats who witnessed and helped to respond to the many difficult issues that have affected Britain’s relations with Pakistan and their ability to influence events. [...] his book breaks new ground for a diplomatic history in examining both the impact of social media and the importance of personal relationships in the conduct of public diplomacy. [...] this book provides valuable insights into the work of British diplomats, many of them as Talbot more than once reminds us, of exceptional ability, in a period of massive global and regional turbulence and change.William Crawley, Asian Affairs, Volume 52, 2021 - Issue 2

• Introduction Part 1: The Formative Phase 1. Partition and the Establishment of a British Diplomatic Mission in Karachi 2. A Corner of a Foreign Field: The British Deputy High Commissions 1947-1958 3. Contrasting Personalities: Laurence Graffety-Smith and Gilbert Laithwaite British High Commissioners 1947-1954 4. Diplomats and their Wives: Alec and Dodo Symond in Karachi 1954-61 Part 2: From High Commission to Embassy 5. Sir Morrice James: Kashmir and War 6. The Diplomatic Mission in Crisis 1970-1 7. Embassy Years 1972-89 Part 3: The Contemporary High Commission 8. Twenty First Century Diplomatic Challenges and Tools 9. Diplomacy in a Decade of Turmoil 1998-2008 Conclusion

Ian Talbot is a professor of Modern South Asian History at the University of Southampton, UK. His recent Routledge publications include the edited books India and World War I (co-edited with Roger Long, 2018) and State and Nation-Building in Pakistan (co-edited with Roger Long, Gurharpal Singh, and Yunas Samad, 2015).

Professor Talbot has drawn on both British and American diplomatic sources and has spoken to many of the British diplomats who witnessed and helped to respond to the many difficult issues that have affected Britain’s relations with Pakistan and their ability to influence events. [...] his book breaks new ground for a diplomatic history in examining both the impact of social media and the importance of personal relationships in the conduct of public diplomacy. [...] this book provides valuable insights into the work of British diplomats, many of them as Talbot more than once reminds us, of exceptional ability, in a period of massive global and regional turbulence and change.William Crawley, Asian Affairs, Volume 52, 2021 - Issue 2

• Introduction Part 1: The Formative Phase 1. Partition and the Establishment of a British Diplomatic Mission in Karachi 2. A Corner of a Foreign Field: The British Deputy High Commissions 1947-1958 3. Contrasting Personalities: Laurence Graffety-Smith and Gilbert Laithwaite British High Commissioners 1947-1954 4. Diplomats and their Wives: Alec and Dodo Symond in Karachi 1954-61 Part 2: From High Commission to Embassy 5. Sir Morrice James: Kashmir and War 6. The Diplomatic Mission in Crisis 1970-1 7. Embassy Years 1972-89 Part 3: The Contemporary High Commission 8. Twenty First Century Diplomatic Challenges and Tools 9. Diplomacy in a Decade of Turmoil 1998-2008 Conclusion

Ian Talbot is a professor of Modern South Asian History at the University of Southampton, UK. His recent Routledge publications include the edited books India and World War I (co-edited with Roger Long, 2018) and State and Nation-Building in Pakistan (co-edited with Roger Long, Gurharpal Singh, and Yunas Samad, 2015).

Professor Talbot has drawn on both British and American diplomatic sources and has spoken to many of the British diplomats who witnessed and helped to respond to the many difficult issues that have affected Britain’s relations with Pakistan and their ability to influence events. [...] his book breaks new ground for a diplomatic history in examining both the impact of social media and the importance of personal relationships in the conduct of public diplomacy. [...] this book provides valuable insights into the work of British diplomats, many of them as Talbot more than once reminds us, of exceptional ability, in a period of massive global and regional turbulence and change.William Crawley, Asian Affairs, Volume 52, 2021 - Issue 2

• Introduction Part 1: The Formative Phase 1. Partition and the Establishment of a British Diplomatic Mission in Karachi 2. A Corner of a Foreign Field: The British Deputy High Commissions 1947-1958 3. Contrasting Personalities: Laurence Graffety-Smith and Gilbert Laithwaite British High Commissioners 1947-1954 4. Diplomats and their Wives: Alec and Dodo Symond in Karachi 1954-61 Part 2: From High Commission to Embassy 5. Sir Morrice James: Kashmir and War 6. The Diplomatic Mission in Crisis 1970-1 7. Embassy Years 1972-89 Part 3: The Contemporary High Commission 8. Twenty First Century Diplomatic Challenges and Tools 9. Diplomacy in a Decade of Turmoil 1998-2008 Conclusion