Books by D C M Platt
The Cinderella Service
by D C M Platt
Platt’s book is a work of great authority, which tells with some panache the story of the belated reform of the British consular service and the ultimately successful struggle of the middle-class consuls – the poor bloody infantry of British representation abroad – to be fully integrated into the diplomatic service in the 20th century.
Interviews where books by D C M Platt were recommended
The best books on Why We Need Diplomats, recommended by Geoff Berridge
Academic and author of textbooks on the field tells us that diplomacy can well do without rank amateurs “in the same way that medicine can do without snake-oil merchants”
