Hitler's Scandinavian Legacy by Stephenson, Jill -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half-Title Title Copyright Contents List of Illustrations

Maps Photographs

List of Contributors Editors’ Acknowledgements 1 Editors’ Introduction

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2 Scandinavia in the Second World War

I II III Notes

3 The Nordic Countries and the Second World War: A British Perspective

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4 The Obsession with Sovereignty: Cohabitation and Resistance in Denmark 1940–45

The creation of modus vivendi: 9 April 1940 National unity Activism – a new approach to Danish foreign policy Censorship Expulsion of politicians Anti-communist measures The pioneers of the resistance Combating sabotage The Telegram Crisis 1942 The summer of 1943 Towards the liberation Sovereignty and ethics Notes

Introduction The long history before the Third Reich Norway and the Third Reich before the outbreak of war The legacy of the war Conclusion Notes

6 The Case of Sweden

Sweden’s policies: Deterrence and confidence-building through defence and diplomacy A rather strong defence Swedish intelligence from all quarters contributed to keeping Sweden out of the war German blockade of Sweden in 1943? Violations of Swedish territory United States’ positive assessments of Sweden 1943 The end of the war, 1944–45 Bibliography Notes

7 Janus of the North? Finland 1940–44: Finland’s road into alliance with Hitler

From virtues to necessities From insecurity to radicalization From disillusionment to disentanglement Notes

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9 Hitler’s Norwegian Legacy

Bibliography

The emergence of small-state realism: 1945–70 Small-state realism – the historiographical paradigm: 1970–90 The moral narrative: 1990 onwards Swedish historiography in perspective Notes

Remembering the Second World War Makers of historical culture Points of interest, points of controversy Guilty as charged? Between the two dictators Obligation to overcome animosity Introducing Finnish agency From agency to distance Notes

12 Conclusion Index