| The Diplomat | |
| Author: | James Aldridge |
| Cover Artist: | P. Vinten |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | The Bodley Head |
| Release Date: | 1949 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages: | 728 p. |
The Diplomat is a 1949 novel by the Australian writer James Aldridge. The book tells the story of three British diplomats, while they set out for a journey to get acquainted with the situation in Iranian Azerbaijan and Iranian Kurdistan on the brink of the Cold War.