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Language: en
Pages: 473
Pages: 473
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-13 - Publisher: Algonquin Books
In 1939, tiny Finland waged war-the kind of war that spawns legends-against the mighty Soviet Union, and yet their epic struggle has been largely ignored. Guerr
Language: en
Pages: 295
Pages: 295
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-20 - Publisher: Basic Books
The history of the most acrimonious presidential handoff in American history -- and of the origins of twentieth-century liberalism and conservatism As historian
Language: en
Pages: 287
Pages: 287
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-08 - Publisher:
On 30 November 1939, Soviet bombers unloaded their bombs on Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Stalin's ultimatum, demanding the cession of huge tracts of territ
Language: en
Pages: 424
Pages: 424
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-26 - Publisher: University Press of Kansas
When the Red Army invaded Finland in November 1939 most observers expected a walkover. Instead, in a gallant stand that captured the world's imagination, the ti
Language: en
Pages: 306
Pages: 306
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
The story of the 'Winter War' between Finland and Soviet Russia is a dramatic David versus Goliath encounter. When close to half a million Soviet troops poured