ABSTRACT
The hiatus caused in the development of British social anthropology by the Second World War was not complete. Some anthropologists were drafted as colonial administrators, notably Evans-Pritchard and Nadel, and Audrey Richards went into the colonial office. Others served in intelligence units, or on special missions, and Leach had an adventurous war with guerilla units in Burma. But the Royal Anthropological Institute maintained a centre for lectures and meetings and the handful of anthropologists kept in touch with one another. Further, some young men serving in the armed forces had their first experience of Africa or Asia, which decided them to study anthropology when peace came.
