Mannerheim by Herman Lindqvist
A lively popular biography that follows the life of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim from aristocratic upbringing and service in the Russian Imperial Army to his central role in Finland’s emergence and survival in the 20th century, covering his leadership in the Civil War, command in the Winter War and Continuation War, and tenure as president; it examines his strategic skills, complex dealings with powers such as Germany and the Soviet Union, his stoic and often enigmatic personality, and the contested but enduring place he occupies in Finnish national memory.
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