The Foreign Office and Finland

The Foreign Office and Finland
Author: Craig Gerrard
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2004-10-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134269897

The actions and decisions of the Northern Department of the Foreign Office at a time of great international tension and conflict

The Foreign Office's War, 1939-41

The Foreign Office's War, 1939-41
Author: Keith Neilson
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2022
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 178327705X

Provides a forceful corrective to the idea that Britain 'stood alone' until the invasion of the Soviet Union and the attack on Pearl Harbor brought about 'the Grand Alliance'.

Seriously Not All Right

Seriously Not All Right
Author: Ron Capps
Publisher: Schaffner Press, Inc.
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1936182602

For more than a decade, Ron Capps, serving as both a senior military intelligence officer and as a Foreign Service officer for the U.S. Department of State, was witness to war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. From government atrocities in Kosovo, to the brutal cruelties perpetrated in several conflicts in central Africa, the wars in both Aghanistan and Iraq, and culminating in genocide in Darfur, Ron acted as an intelligence collector and reporter but was diplomatically restrained from taking preventative action in these conflicts. The cumulative effect of these experiences, combined with the helplessness of his role as an observer, propelled him into a deep depression and a long bout with PTSD, which nearly caused him to take his own life. Seriously Not All Right is a memoir that provides a unique perspective of a professional military officer and diplomat who suffered (and continues to suffer) from PTSD. His story, and that of his recovery and his newfound role as founder and teacher of the Veterans Writing Project, is an inspiration and a sobering reminder of the cost of all wars, particularly those that appeared in the media and to the general public as merely sidelines in the unfolding drama of world events.

Defending Democracy in Cold War Finland

Defending Democracy in Cold War Finland
Author: Marek Fields
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2019-12-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004416420

In Defending Democracy in Cold War Finland, Marek Fields offers a thorough account on the various informational and cultural strategies Britain and the United States used during the early Cold War decades in order to increase their influence and contain communism in Finland. The book shows that by using propaganda and cultural diplomacy in an exceptionally challenging environment, the two Western powers were able to achieve their main objectives in the region, i.e. to defend democracy and strengthen Finland’s attachment to the West, surprisingly well. Making use of a large variety of British, American and Finnish archives, Fields proves that the Western countries’ interest in Finland during the Cold War was stronger than it has previously been realised.

Swedish Volunteers in the Russo-Finnish Winter War, 1939-1940

Swedish Volunteers in the Russo-Finnish Winter War, 1939-1940
Author: Martina Sprague
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0786457538

Sandwiched between Nazi Germany and the "Russian Bear," Sweden walked a diplomatic tightrope on if and how it should support Finland during the Russo-Finnish Winter War. Social and political forces motivated the Swedish leadership to promote neutrality and avoid official military engagement, while at the same time the Swedish Volunteer Corps comprised the largest volunteer combat force (more than 8,200 strong) in any modern war. This book discusses the political background of the 1939-1940 Winter War; setbacks the volunteers suffered due to weather and terrain; and the ever-present fear that war would come to the Scandinavian Peninsula.

Finland and National Liberation in Southern Africa

Finland and National Liberation in Southern Africa
Author: Iina Soiri
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789171064318

Finland's special characteristics as a Nordic, non-aligned welfare state gave it the resources and motivation to support liberation movements - in spite of restrictions arising from trade interests and a reluctance to jeopardise the country's neutral image. The study shows that, although it is not an easy task, in a democracy ordinary, dedicated people can, over time, influence political decision making at its most closed and guarded area, foreign politics.

Churchill and Finland

Churchill and Finland
Author: Markku Ruotsila
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2005
Genre: Anti-communist movements
ISBN: 9780415349710

Using Winston Churchill's relations with Finland as the case study, this book examines the development of Winston Churchill's anticommunist and geopolitical beliefs and practices, and the conflicts between them.