Alfred Valdmanis and the politics of survival / / Gerhard P. Bassler

• Autore: Bassler Gerhard P. <1937->
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2000; ©2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (505 p.)
• Disciplina: 971.063/3/092
• Soggetto topico: Political corruption - Newfoundland and Labrador
• Soggetto geografico: Latvia History 1918-1940; Latvia History 1940-1991
• Soggetto genere / forma: History; Biographies.; Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Wunderkind in Reborn Latvia: Background, Education, and Civil Service Career, 1908-1938 -- ; 2. 'The Most Active and Influential Member of the Cabinet': Minister of Finance, 1938-1939 -- ; 3. 'Better to Die Standing Up Than to Keep on Living on Your Knees': War, Resignation, and Soviet Occupation, 1939-1941 -- ; 4. 'Elected to Lead and Manage Latvian National Affairs': The Janus Face of Collaboration, July 1941 to November 1942 -- ; 5. 'Made No Bones about His Antipathy to the German Regime': The Janus Face of Resistance, November 1942 to May 1945 -- ; 6. 'I Had Committed All My Heart and My Efforts to Latvian Exiles': Refugee Politics, 1945-1948 -- ; 7. 'Starting Anew Like Our Fathers Did after the First World War': Immigrant in Canada, 1948-1950 -- ; 8. 'Develop of Perish': The Challenges of Newfoundland, 1950-1955 -- ; 9. 'The Past, Instead of Helping to Rebuild, Denies Itself': The Latvian Refugee Community and the Shadows of the Past, 1950-1954.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this first serious biography of Alfred Valdmanis, historian Gerhard Bassler casts the story of this political manipulator and chameleon in new terms: the often tragic consequences of the will to survive."--Jacket; "Valdmanis's wily political manoeuvring is more the stuff of fiction than history. Between 1938, at age 29, and his ironic downfall in the safe haven of Canada, he was a finance minister of pre-war Latvia, a government official during the Soviet invasion, a shrewd collaborator under the Nazi occupation, then, a friend to the Allies, a spokesman for Latvian POW and displaced persons, and an adviser to the government of Canada
• Titolo autorizzato: Alfred Valdmanis and the politics of survival
• ISBN: 1-4875-9642-1; 9786612036910; 1-4426-7074-6; 1-282-03691-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807930603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II