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3. Isolation, 1939–1941

  • John Gilmour
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Sweden, the Swastika and Stalin
This chapter is in the book Sweden, the Swastika and Stalin
© 2022, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh

© 2022, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of Figures vii
  4. Acknowledgements viii
  5. Map x
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Part One
  8. 1. Shades of Neutrality? Political Challenges and Social Changes, 1900–1939 7
  9. 2. Wartime Power and Personalities 22
  10. 3. Isolation, 1939–1941 35
  11. 4. Towards the Turning Point, July 1941–July 1943 74
  12. 5. Eastern Approaches and Western Reproaches: Finland’s Continuation War and the Collapse of Germany, June 1941–May 1945 92
  13. 6. Trading with Germany and the Allies – Blackmail and Brinksmanship 113
  14. Part Two
  15. 7. Security, Subversion, Spies and Sabotage 133
  16. 8. The Battle for Sweden’s Mind – Propaganda and Censorship 157
  17. 9. Race, Rejection, Reception, Rescue and Redemption – Swedish Humanitarian Endeavours 188
  18. 10. Military Matters 209
  19. 11. The Front at Home – Beredskapstiden 238
  20. 12. Looking Back in Anger? The Assault on ‘Small-State Realism’ 270
  21. Abbreviations and Glossary 291
  22. Reference Sources and Bibliography 295
  23. Index 309
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748631520-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of Figures vii
  4. Acknowledgements viii
  5. Map x
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Part One
  8. 1. Shades of Neutrality? Political Challenges and Social Changes, 1900–1939 7
  9. 2. Wartime Power and Personalities 22
  10. 3. Isolation, 1939–1941 35
  11. 4. Towards the Turning Point, July 1941–July 1943 74
  12. 5. Eastern Approaches and Western Reproaches: Finland’s Continuation War and the Collapse of Germany, June 1941–May 1945 92
  13. 6. Trading with Germany and the Allies – Blackmail and Brinksmanship 113
  14. Part Two
  15. 7. Security, Subversion, Spies and Sabotage 133
  16. 8. The Battle for Sweden’s Mind – Propaganda and Censorship 157
  17. 9. Race, Rejection, Reception, Rescue and Redemption – Swedish Humanitarian Endeavours 188
  18. 10. Military Matters 209
  19. 11. The Front at Home – Beredskapstiden 238
  20. 12. Looking Back in Anger? The Assault on ‘Small-State Realism’ 270
  21. Abbreviations and Glossary 291
  22. Reference Sources and Bibliography 295
  23. Index 309
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