Sweden, the Swastika and Stalin: The Swedish Experience in the Second World War

ISBN-13: 9780748627479 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 336 str.

John Gilmour

Opis

This book fills a gap in the existing literature on the Second World War by covering the range of challenges, threats, issues, dilemmas, and changes faced and dealt with by Sweden during the conflict.Interest in Sweden's wartime experiences has increased due to its post-war profile as a neutral that both allowed German troops to transit through its territory and also carried on trading with the Nazi regime during the holocaust years. Many misconceptions and false impressions have arisen and persisted as a result of deliberate misinformation and concealment by all sides during that time. Readers of this book will gain a fresh, broad view of the period, personalities and problems from a Swedish orientation.

Spis treści

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: 1 Shades of Neutrality? Political Challenges and Social Changes 1900-1939; 2 Wartime Power and Personalities; 3 Isolation, 1939-1941; 4 Towards the Turning Point, July 1941-July 1943; 5 Eastern Approaches and Western Reproaches: Finland's Continuation War and the Collapse of Germany, June 1941-May 1945; 6 Trading with Germany and the Allies - Blackmail and Brinksmanship; Part Two: 7 Security, Subversion, Spies and Sabotage; 8 The Battle for Sweden's Mind - Propaganda and Censorship; 9 Race, Rejection, Reception, Rescue, and Redemption - Swedish Humanitarian Endeavours; 10 Military Matters; 11 The Front at Home - Beredskapstiden; 12 Looking Back in Anger? The Assault on 'Small-State Realism'; Abbreviations and Glossary; Reference Sources and Bibliography; Index