Diplomas and Diplomacy The History of the Marshall Scholarship
The first published work to chart the history of the Marshall Scholarship, this book details the origins of the Scholarship in the British Foreign Office and subsequently traces the award's evolution through the careers and narratives of a range of Schola
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Aroop Mukharji
Diplomas and Diplomacy The History of the Marshall Scholarship
Aroop Mukharji Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-59428-0 ISBN 978-1-137-58653-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-58653-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016939980 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc. New York
FOREWORD
It is my great pleasure to introduce Aroop Mukharji’s history of the Marshall Scholarship program. Since it was established in 1953 by an Act of Parliament, the Marshall Scholarship program has made a significant contribution to the partnership between the UK and USA. By providing the opportunity for many of America’s brightest students to study at the UK’s world-leading academic institutions, the program embodies the very best attributes of what Sir Winston Churchill famously described as the “special relationship.” Marshall Scholars serve as a symbol of the values that underpin that enduring relationship, commemorating as they do the ideals of General Marshall’s visionary postwar plan for the economic recovery of a warshattered Europe. Sixty-one years after the first class of Marshall Scholars arrived, the program remains an important expression of the gratitude of the British people to their American counterparts for the support provided to our nation during and after World War II. But it also looks to the future, playing an important role in strengthening mutual understanding between our two countries as we face—together—a very different set of multifaceted twenty-first-century challenges. The Marshall Scholarship program was conceived not just as a means of strengthening mutual knowledge and affection between the British and American peoples, but also their governments and their institutions. By this measure, the pr
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