Risto E.J. Penttila

Finland's Search for Security through Defence, 1944-89

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-11638-6
• 1991.
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781349116386
• ISBN-10: 1349116386
• Artikelnr.: 44460794

Inhaltsangabe

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.