Finland in World War II : : history, memory, interpretations / / edited by Tiina Kinnunen, Ville Kivimaki.

This volume brings together a rich array of original contributions - hitherto unavailable in English - on Finland during World War II and the place of the war in Finnish collective memory. Providing readers with a solid narrative of the war's political and military framework from a Finnish pers...

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Superior document:History of warfare, v. 69
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:History of warfare ; v. 69.
Physical Description:1 online resource (596 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: three wars and their epitaphs : the Finnish history and scholarship of World War II / Ville Kivimaki
  • Finland and the great powers in World War II : ideologies, geopolitics, diplomacy / Henrik Meinander
  • The politics of an alliance : Finland in Nazi foreign policy and war strategy / Michael Jonas
  • The Finnish army at war : operations and soldiers, 1939-45 / Pasi Tuunainen
  • Wars on the home front : mobilization, economy and everyday experiences / Marianne Junila
  • Meaningless death or regenerating sacrifice? : violence and social cohesion in wartime Finland / Ville Kivimaki & Tuomas Tepora
  • Families, separation and emotional coping in war : bridging letters between home and front, 1941-44 / Sonja Hagelstam
  • War and the emerging social state : social policy, public health and citizenship in wartime Finland / Helene Laurent
  • Limits of intentionality : Soviet prisoners-of-war and civilian internees in Finnish custody / Oula Silvennoinen
  • Greater Finland and cultural heritage : Finnish scholars in eastern Karelia, 1941-44 / Tenho Pimia
  • Shifting images of "our wars" : Finnish memory culture of World War II / Tiina Kinnunen & Markku Jokisipila
  • "Karelia issue" : the politics and memory of Karelia in Finnland / Outi Fingerroos
  • Varieties of silence : collective memory of the Holocaust in Finland / Antero Holmila
  • Selected bibliography: studies on Finnish history in World War II in English.