Gill Bennett
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Gillian Bennett is a British historian and civil servant, previously the Chief Historian of the
Career
After graduating from Somerville College, University of Oxford in 1969,[1] Bennett began her career in the Foreign Office in 1972 as a research assistant in what was then called the Historical Branch.[2] She held a number of roles within the wider FCO, and in 1995 was appointed to the newly-created position of Chief Historian.[3] In this role, she edited the documentary history of British foreign policy since 1945, Documents on British Policy Overseas, and give historical advice to ministers and officials.[4]
In 1998, FCO historians were commissioned by
Since 2005, Bennett has published three monographs, Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence (2006),[10] Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy (2013),[11][12] and The Zinoviev Letter: The Conspiracy that Never Dies (2018).[13][14]
Major publications
- Bennett, Gill (2006). Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence. Government Official History Series. ISBN 9780415394307.
- Bennett, Gill (2013). Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy. ISBN 9780199583751.
- Bennett, Gill (2018). The Zinoviev Letter: The Conspiracy that Never Dies. ISBN 9780198767305.
References
- ^ "Book reviews". Oxford Today. 25 (2): 55. March 2013.
- ^ Smith, Richard (28 November 2018). "History at the heart of diplomacy". History of government. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ FCO Historians (2018). Women and the Foreign Office. p. 24. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "Gill Bennett OBE". Royal United Services Institute. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ Barber, Tony (19 October 2018). "The Zinoviev Letter by Gill Bennett — a mystery of revolution and attribution". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 August 2019. (Subscription required.)
- ^ Norton-Taylor, Richard (4 February 1999). "Zinoviev letter was dirty trick by MI6". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ISBN 9780198767305.
- ^ FCO Historians (2018). History at the Heart of Diplomacy: Historians in the Foreign Office, 1918-2018. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ Foot, M. R. D. (11 November 2006). "The shadowy world of secrets". The Spectator. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ Hurd, Douglas (25 April 2013). "Reviewed: Six Moments of Crisis - Inside British Foreign Policy by Gill Bennett". New Statesman. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ Norton-Taylor, Richard (19 February 2013). "Past crises shed light on the present". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ Judd, Alan (18 August 2018). "Did the notorious Zinoviev letter ever exist?". The Spectator. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ Udy, Giles (25 August 2018). "Review: The Zinoviev Letter: The Conspiracy That Never Dies by Gill Bennett — was it an anti-Labour plot?". The Times. Retrieved 22 August 2019. (Subscription required.)
External links
- Gill Bennett on Twitter