Format:
xii, 290 Seiten :
,
Illustrationen, Karten.
Edition:
revised paperback edition
ISBN:
978-1-84904-362-5
Content:
As soldier and statesman, Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1867-1951) occupies a unique place in the history of Finland. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army in 1918 and again from 1939-1944. He was Regent of Finland in 1919 and President of the Republic from 1944-1946. In 1918 he suppressed an attempted revolution against the democratically elected Finnish Government which followed the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. The passage of time turned him from a hero of the Right into a trusted national figure, while his leadership of Finnish resistance to Soviet aggression in the Winter War of 1939-40 won him international fame. He led the Finnish Army in the Continuation War of 1941-44, in which Finland fought as a co-belligerent with Germany, and took over as President in 1944, after which he ensured Finland negotiated an armistice with the Soviet Union, albeit with harsh terms for Finland. Under his leadership, Helsinki was one of only three wartime European capital cities that was not occupied. And only Mannerheim's authority held the nation together as it adjusted to a new relationship with the Soviet Union. This revised paperback edition describes his transformation from a Tsarist Russian General into a Finnish statesman and patriot. It sets his career in its historical context, examines his character and sums up his legacy.
Content:
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- I. THE WHITE GENERAL 1 -- Finland in 1917- Mannerheim's career in Russia - From 'exile' to -- command - From planning to action - War begins - Organizing -- an army- Mannerheim's strategy and German intervention- -- Towards victory - Triumph - Resignation -- II. REGENT 43 -- In Sweden - From unofficial diplomat to regent - Military and -- foreign policy problems - Elections and a newgovernment - -- The constitution - Intervention in Russia? - Stylish regent -- but rejected presidential candidate - Departure abroad -- III. CIVILIAN 74 -- Advocate of intervention - Private life - Travel - Humanitarian -- work - Passed overforpublic service -- IV. CHAIRMAN OF THE DEFENCE COUNCIL 104 -- Lapua and Mintsala - Work in the Defence Council- Seventieth -- birthday celebrations - The language problem - Foreign relations - -- Resignation? - Negotiations with the Soviet Union continued - -- From resignation to commander-in-chief -- V. THE WINTER WAR 137 -- At war- War orpeace?- The exercise of supreme command -- VI. THE'ARMISTICE' 160 -- Peacetime commander-in-chief- In the 'War Cabinet' - Finland -- and German plans- Towards war -- VII. THE CONTINUATION WAR 177 -- Successful Finnish offensives but no German victory - Wartime -- GHQ - Health - Attempts to leave the war- Near disaster -- VIII. PRESIDENT 206 -- Presidentforpeace - Under the Control Commission - Power slips -- away - Health deteriorates - The war responsibility case - -- Resignation -- IX. TESTAMENT 240 -- Retirement - The Memoirs - Death - The man - The legacy -- BIBLIOGRAPHY 268 -- INDEX 279.
Note:
First published in the United Kingdom in 2000 by C. Hurst & Co. Ltd. Revised paperback edition published 2014.. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-277) and index.
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Scandinavian Studies
Keywords:
1867-1951 Mannerheim, Gustaf
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Biografie
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