Finland's search for security through defence, 1944-89
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Bibliographic Information
Finland's search for security through defence, 1944-89
Macmillan, 1991
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Revision of thesis (doctoral)--Oxford University
Bibliography: p196-204
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Based on the author's doctoral dissertation at Oxford, this study examines with a historical perspective the national defence strategy of Finland 1944-1989. The author explores Finland's dilemma with respect to its geographic position and the Cold War politics between the US and the USSR.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- the years of danger, 1944-47
- the Cold War reaches the north, 1948-49
- "do not tease the bear", 1949-1955
- the Soviet withdrawal from the Porkkala naval base in 1956
- one-armed neutrality, 1956-61
- the note crisis in 1961
- security through "active foreign policy", 1964-1970
- neutrality under pressure, 1971-1982
- towards symmetric defence.
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