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

by Risto E.J. Penttila

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349116386
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1991
Edition description:	1st ed. 1991
Pages:	209
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

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.