Pilgrims Society and Public Diplomacy, 1895-1945

Stephen Bowman is Lecturer in the Centre for History at the University of the Highlands and Islands. He holds degrees from Northumbria University and the University of Stirling. His current and future research centres on transatlantic ideological exchange, with a particular focus on the Scottish-American connection. Stephen is a past winner of the Transatlantic Studies Association’s prestigious Donald Cameron Watt Prize. He has taught at the University of Stirling, Durham University, Newcastle University and Northumbria University.

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Public Diplomacy Conceptualised; 2. The Founding of the Society; 3. Earl Grey’s Public Diplomacy; 4. The Pilgrims and the First World War; 5. The Decline of the Great Rapprochement; 6. Public Diplomacy Ascendant; Conclusion; Bibliography.

An absolutely first-rate account of one of the most influential advocacy groups ever in the transatlantic world. Stephen Bowman’s account of the Pilgrims Society’s public diplomacy from the late 1890s to the Second World War is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the origins and evolution of the Anglo-American "special relationship."