Finland in World War II history, memory, interpretations
"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...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Brill
2012
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| Schriftenreihe: | History of warfare
69 |
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| Online Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Rezension |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "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 perspective, this volume also offers well-argued analyses of the ideological, social and cultural aspects of a society at war. As part of the complex legacy of the war it discusses the 'Karelian question' and the Holocaust in Finnish public memory ... Besides a historical narrative, this volume ... also reveals to readers the history and current state of Finnish historiography of World War II"--Page 4 of cover 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverz. S. [561] - 564 |
| Beschreibung: | XIX, 576 S. Ill., Kt. 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9789004208940 978-90-04-20894-0 |