Stampers of passports or makers of history? A review of Sue Onslow and Lori Maguire (eds.), consuls in the Cold War

Hebel, K.R. (2025)

Book review

Consuls and consulates rarely make the news, and their staff ply their trade in relative obscurity, even though they make an essential contribution to the management of cross-border flows and, more fundamentally, to the workings of international society.

• Diplomacy
• Cold War
• Consuls
• Consulates
• Embassies
• Bureaucracy

• All authors: Hebel, K.R.
• Date: 2025-05-16
• Title of host publication: H-Diplo Roundtable Review
• Volume: XXVI-36
• Pages: 12 - 18
• Link: https://networks.h-net.org/group/discussions/20068050/h-diplo-roundtable...
• Title: Consuls in the Cold War
• Original authors: Onslow
• Series: New perspectives on the Cold War