Consuls in the Cold War
Published on 27. April 2023
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-90-04-54414-7 (ISBN)
Description
No studies currently exist on consuls and consulates (often dismissed as lowly figures in the diplomatic process) in the Cold War. Research into the work of these overlooked 'poor relations' offers the chance of new perspectives in the field of Cold War studies, exploring their role in representing their country's interests in far flung and unexpected places and their support for particular communities of fellow nationals and itinerant travellers in difficulties. These unnoticed actors on the international stage played far more complicated roles than one generally imagines.
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Contributors are: Tina Tamman, David Schriffl, Ariane Knuesel?, Lori Maguire, Laurent Cesari, Sue Onslow, Pedro Aires Oliveira, David Lee, and Marek Handerek.
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Contributors are: Tina Tamman, David Schriffl, Ariane Knuesel?, Lori Maguire, Laurent Cesari, Sue Onslow, Pedro Aires Oliveira, David Lee, and Marek Handerek.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
594 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-54414-7 (9789004544147)
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Sue Onslow, PhD, London School of Economics, is Director and Reader in Commonwealth History at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. She has published extensively on the Cold War in Southern Africa. Her latest book, co-written with Martin Plaut, is Robert Mugabe (Ohio University Press, 2018).
Lori Maguire, D.Phil Oxon, is Professor of British and American Studies at the University of Reims in France. She has published extensively in both French and English on the cultural Cold War and on Vietnam. Her latest book, co-edited with Susan Ball and Sebastien Lefait is Modern Representations of Sub-Saharan Africa (Routledge 2020).
Lori Maguire, D.Phil Oxon, is Professor of British and American Studies at the University of Reims in France. She has published extensively in both French and English on the cultural Cold War and on Vietnam. Her latest book, co-edited with Susan Ball and Sebastien Lefait is Modern Representations of Sub-Saharan Africa (Routledge 2020).
Content
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
?Sue Onslow and Lori Maguire
1 Consuls and Their Near Cousins
?Sue Onslow and Lori Maguire
PART 1: Europe
2 The Accidental Consul: August Torma in Charge of Estonian Consular Affairs in London
?Tina Tamman
3 The Austrian Consulate General in Bratislava during the Cold War
?David Schriffl
4 "The Tea Merchant Has Returned": The Intelligence Activities of the Chinese Consulate-General in Geneva
?Ariane Knuesel
5 The North Vietnamese Trade Delegation in Paris: A Little-Known Actor in the Vietnam Conflict
?Lori Maguire
PART 2: East and South Asia
6 Business as (Almost) Usual: The French Consulate General in Saigon during the Break of Diplomatic Relations Between France and the Republic of Vietnam, 1965-1973
?Laurent Cesari
7 Our Man in Maymyo: British Consuls in Upper Burma, 1948-1956
?Sue Onslow
8 Portuguese Consuls and Diplomats and the Coming of the People's Republic of China, c.1945-1950
?Pedro Aires Oliveira
9 Australia's Window to China in the Cold War: The Trade Commission in Hong Kong
?David Lee
10 The Polish Consulate in Shanghai: Its Official and Unofficial Role, 1954-1989
?Marek Handerek
11 Conclusion
?Lori Maguire and Sue Onslow
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
?Sue Onslow and Lori Maguire
1 Consuls and Their Near Cousins
?Sue Onslow and Lori Maguire
PART 1: Europe
2 The Accidental Consul: August Torma in Charge of Estonian Consular Affairs in London
?Tina Tamman
3 The Austrian Consulate General in Bratislava during the Cold War
?David Schriffl
4 "The Tea Merchant Has Returned": The Intelligence Activities of the Chinese Consulate-General in Geneva
?Ariane Knuesel
5 The North Vietnamese Trade Delegation in Paris: A Little-Known Actor in the Vietnam Conflict
?Lori Maguire
PART 2: East and South Asia
6 Business as (Almost) Usual: The French Consulate General in Saigon during the Break of Diplomatic Relations Between France and the Republic of Vietnam, 1965-1973
?Laurent Cesari
7 Our Man in Maymyo: British Consuls in Upper Burma, 1948-1956
?Sue Onslow
8 Portuguese Consuls and Diplomats and the Coming of the People's Republic of China, c.1945-1950
?Pedro Aires Oliveira
9 Australia's Window to China in the Cold War: The Trade Commission in Hong Kong
?David Lee
10 The Polish Consulate in Shanghai: Its Official and Unofficial Role, 1954-1989
?Marek Handerek
11 Conclusion
?Lori Maguire and Sue Onslow
Index