1st Edition
The Ideological Cold War The Politics of Neutrality in Austria and Finland
By Johanna Rainio-Niemi
Copyright 2014
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book opens new perspectives into the Cold War ideological confrontations. Using Austria and Finland as an example, it shows how the Cold War battles for the hearts and minds of the people also influenced policies in countries that wished to stay outside the conflict. Following the model of older European neutrals, Austria and Finland sought to combine neutrality with democracy.... Read more
1. Introduction 2. National Traditions in a Comparative Perspective 3. International Reflections 4. Criteria of Neutrality and the Newborn Neutrals 5. The Missing Link 6. Closure and New Challenges 7. Faces of Neutrality in the Cold War World
Biography
Johanna Rainio-Niemi is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki. She specializes in contemporary European history with a focus on Austria and Finland, the Cold War, the welfare state and related strategies of domestic consensus-building.
