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Finland at peace and war, 1918-1993

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Finland in Peace and War as its title may suggest, is a military history that describes the significant battles and conflicts of Finland from its Independence in 1917 through its UN missions in 1993. Despite the part Finland has played in conflicts in the 20th century, especially the Second World War, English language studies of its military history are hard to find. Plenty of works exist on the Winter War, and one can find biographies of Marshal Mannerheim, but discussions of the Continuation and Lapland wars are either superficially addressed in "Eastern Front" overviews or simply ignored. The author does a superb job of describing these important campaigns (as well as those above)linking them to ongoing political developments with both the Allies and Germany. It's probably worth stating that this is a work of military history-readers looking for a social or cultural history should look elsewhere; except as far as the Winter War was a (maybe THE) pivotal event in Finnish history. Every student of the Eastern Front should have this book in their library.