Finland in World War II: History, Memory, Interpretations

Abstract

Introduction: three wars and their epitaphs : the Finnish history and scholarship of World War II / Ville Kivimaki -- Finland and the great powers in World War II : ideologies, geopolitics, diplomacy / Henrik Meinander -- The politics of an alliance : Finland in Nazi foreign policy and war strategy / Michael Jonas -- The Finnish army at war : operations and soldiers, 1939-45 / Pasi Tuunainen -- Wars on the home front : mobilization, economy and everyday experiences / Marianne Junila -- Meaningless death or regenerating sacrifice? : violence and social cohesion in wartime Finland / Ville Kivimaki & Tuomas Tepora -- Families, separation and emotional coping in war : bridging letters between home and front, 1941-44 / Sonja Hagelstam -- War and the emerging social state : social policy, public health and citizenship in wartime Finland / Helene Laurent -- Limits of intentionality : Soviet prisoners-of-war and civilian internees in Finnish custody / Oula Silvennoinen -- Greater Finland and cultural heritage : Finnish scholars in eastern Karelia, 1941-44 / Tenho Pimia -- Shifting images of "our wars" : Finnish memory culture of World War II / Tiina Kinnunen & Markku Jokisipila -- "Karelia issue" : the politics and memory of Karelia in Finland / Outi Fingerroos -- Varieties of silence : collective memory of the Holocaust in Finland / Antero Holmila -- Selected bibliography: studies on Finnish history in World War II in English.