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The Finnish Front Line: Kekkonen, Kennedy, and Krushchev's Cold War Showdown

The Finnish Front Line: Kekkonen, Kennedy, and Krushchev's Cold War Showdown - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Gordon SanderPublish date:12/15/2025Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501781308ISBN-10:1501781308UPC:9781501781308Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Modern, United States, MilitaryBook Topic:20th Century, United StatesSize:9.12 x 6.36 x 1.62 inchesWeight:1.8409Product ID:SCJ78G8W5H

The Finnish Front Line: Kekkonen, Kennedy, and Krushchev's Cold War Showdown

The Finnish Front Line is a historical biography of Urho Kekkonen, the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland. The most controversial as well as the most misunderstood figure in Finnish history, Kekkonen governed Finland for twenty-five years from 1956 to 1981.

Gordon F. Sander focuses on Kekkonen's pivotal first term as president, which was bracketed by two crises that together formed...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501781308ISBN-10:1501781308UPC:9781501781308Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Modern, United States, MilitaryBook Topic:20th Century, United StatesSize:9.12 x 6.36 x 1.62 inchesWeight:1.8409Product ID:SCJ78G8W5H

Gordon F. Sander is a journalist and historian and the author of several books about Finland and the Baltic region, including The Hundred Day Winter War and Off The Map. In 2017 he was knighted by President Sauli Niinisto for his contribution to international journalism and Finnish historiography. He is based in Riga.


Publisher: Cornell University Press

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Gordon Sander

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