TY - BOOK ID - 78140076 TI - Churchill and Finland : a study in anticommunism and geopolitics PY - 2005 SN - 1134271646 1280175168 0203311418 9780203311417 9780415349710 0415349710 0415349710 9781134271597 9781134271634 9781134271641 9780415646642 1134271638 PB - London ; New York : Frank Cass, DB - UniCat KW - Anti-communist movements KW - Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940 KW - Cold War. KW - World politics KW - Finno-Russian War, 1939-1940 KW - Soviet-Finnish War, 1939-1940 KW - Winter War, 1939-1940 KW - Talvisota, 1939-1940 KW - Anti-communist resistance KW - Underground, Anti-communist KW - Communism KW - History KW - Foreign public opinion, British. KW - Churchill, Winston, KW - Churchill, Winston KW - Spencer-Churchill, Winston Leonard KW - Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer KW - Churchill, Winston Spencer KW - Churchill, Winston S. KW - Great Britain KW - Finland KW - Soviet Union KW - Fen-lan KW - Fen-lan kung ho kuo KW - Finlande KW - Finlândia KW - Finlandii︠a︡ KW - Finli︠a︡ndii︠a︡ KW - Finnland KW - Finnlando KW - Finrando KW - Republic of Finland KW - Republiken Finland KW - Souomi KW - Suomen tasavalta KW - Suomi KW - פינלנד KW - フィンランド KW - Finland (Grand duchy) KW - Foreign relations KW - Cherchillʹ, Vinston, KW - Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, KW - Chʻiu-chi-êrh, KW - Warden, KW - Chŭrchil, Uinstŭn, KW - Ts'urts'il, Ṿinsṭon, KW - Cherchillʹ, Uinston, KW - צ׳רצ׳יל, וינסטון KW - צ'רציל, וינסטון ס., KW - צ'רצ'יל, וינסטון, KW - تشرشل، ونستون، KW - Čʻurčʻili, Uinston, KW - Spencer Churchill, Winston, KW - History of the United Kingdom and Ireland KW - History of Eastern Europe KW - History of Scandinavia and Iceland KW - anno 1930-1939 KW - Finland (Grand Duchy) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78140076 AB - This book examines the intertwined dynamics of Churchill's anticommunist and geopolitical thought. It looks at the ways in which he attempted to use Finland as both tool and ally in the anticommunist projects of the twentieth century. Finland appeared a staunch ally in Churchill's recurring efforts to destroy or negate international communism, but the broader concerns of geopolitics and Great Power diplomacy complicated what might have been a simple task of teaming up with like-minded Finns. The resulting tensions are explored and explained in this study of comparative anticommunism based on C ER -