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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974872203321

Autore

Cohen Yohanan

Titolo

Small nations in times of crisis and confrontation / / Yohanan Cohen ; translated from Hebrew by Naftali Greenwood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1989

ISBN

0-7914-9938-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Disciplina

940.53/437

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Czechoslovakia

World War, 1939-1945 - Poland

World War, 1939-1945 - Finland

Czechoslovakia History 1938-1945

Poland History Occupation, 1939-1945

Finland History 1939-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Umot-be-mivhan.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The question is, how should small states behave under pressure? The analysis is of three cases: Czechoslavakia in 1938, Poland from 1939 to 1945, and Finland in 1940 and 41. The author is scrupulous in not drawing too many general lessons from these cases, but the imprudence of overreliance on great power protection and of ceding to justifications for surrender based on self-determination are made clear.