During wartime, embassies assume different roles and face various situations. An embassy might represent a belligerent state while being situated in an enemy, an allied, or a neutral state. This book offers an examination of how embassies work and cope during wartime, with a focus on the experiences of the British, American, and Indian embassies. The book will be extremely useful to practitioners and to students of diplomacy, and the history of diplomacy, alike ... It is well written and demonstrates a mastery of the subject.