{"product_id":"scandinavia-and-the-great-powers-1890-1940-paperback-9780521891028","title":"Scandinavia and the Great Powers 1890–1940 (Paperback) 9780521891028","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eScandinavia and the Great Powers 1890–1940\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSurvey of the changing position of all four Nordic states in twentieth-century international relations.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePatrick Salmon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521891028, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 11 April 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e448 pages, 3 maps  8 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 2.8 cm, 0.719 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Scandinavian and the Great Powers 1890-1940 can only be characterised as a standard in its field-i.e. the political, economic and military rivalry between the great powers and the Scandinavian countries. It is something as rare as a wide-ranging and sharply formulated syntheises, based on secondary literature and the author's own archive studies of the region's postion in international politics through half a century. The thesis that the Scandinvian countries were capable of influencing the outside world and, if nothing eles, got the best out of the various high-tension situation is documented.\"   H Net Reviews\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAt the beginning of the twentieth century Scandinavia lay on the margin of European power politics, but with the polarisation of international relations in the era of the two world wars, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden became the point where the spheres of influence of three great powers - Great Britain, Germany and Russia - intersected. In this book, Patrick Salmon uses his extensive research in British, German and Scandinavian archives to examine the position of the Nordic countries in the great-power rivalries and conflicts of the period 1890–1940. However, it does not treat the Nordic countries merely as passive victims. It seeks to show that, despite the disparity in strength between the great powers and the small states of northern Europe, the latter had means of adapting to great-power pressures and even influencing the policies of their formidable neighbours.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Definitions\u003cbr\u003e Map\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The end of isolation: Scandinavia and the modern world\u003cbr\u003e 2. Scandinavia in European diplomacy 1899–1914\u003cbr\u003e 3. The war of the future: Scandinavia in the strategic plans of the great powers\u003cbr\u003e 4. Neutrality preserved: Scandinavia and the First World War\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Nordic countries between the wars\u003cbr\u003e 6. Confrontation and co-existence: Scandinavia and the great powers after the First World War\u003cbr\u003e 7. Britain, Germany and the Nordic economies 1916–1936\u003cbr\u003e 8. Power, ideology and markets: Great Britain, Germany and Scandinavia 1933–1939\u003cbr\u003e 9. Scandinavia and the coming of the Second World War\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913078497560,"sku":"9780521891028","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521891028i_9f2d3568-22eb-4bf4-8558-05c6925ae1ed.jpg?v=1691358936","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/scandinavia-and-the-great-powers-1890-1940-paperback-9780521891028","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}