Alfred Valdmanis and the Politics of Survival /

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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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bassler, Gerhard P., 1937-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2000.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Valdmanis, Alfred, > 1908-1970.
Newfoundland and Labrador Corporation.
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Corporation > Biographies.
Newfoundland and Labrador Corporation > Biography.
Political corruption.
Latvians.
Economic policy.
Finance ministers.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Lettons > Canada > Biographies.
Corruption (Politique) > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador.
Ministres des finances > Lettonie > Biographies.
Finance ministers > Latvia > Biography.
Latvians > Canada > Biography.
Political corruption > Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Latvia.
Canada.
Terre-Neuve > Politique economique.
Lettonie > Histoire > 1940-1991.
Lettonie > Histoire > 1918-1940.
Newfoundland and Labrador > Economic policy.
Latvia > History > 1940-1991.
Latvia > History > 1918-1940.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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
Descripción Física:1 online resource (504 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781442670747

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