TY - JOUR
AU - Selleck, Roberta G.
AB - 434 Reviews 0/ Books their amateurish methods of conducting business. Sweden needed to export iron ore, timber prod­ The second reason was the weak and vacillating ucts, and finished industrial goods and to import foreign policy of the British government toward the coal, which either England or Germany could sup­ Baltic states in this period. After an early burst of ply (Poland undercut both). In the 1930s Swedish enthusiasm arising from the Soviet question, inelud­ policy was to gain stability, whereas England and Germany sought dominance. At the same time, ing the trade possibilities that eventually did not transpire, Britain lost interest in the Baltic region, German and British private interests negotiated which became a lightweight issue in British foreign cartels to lessen competition and divided markets policy: "the small role the Baltic states had in between themselves. Thus, Sweden had to accept Britain's trade policy matched their position in the British coal to trade in English markets, while ar­ political field on the fringes of Foreign Office inter­ ranging so me exchange for Germany, which est" (p. 274). wanted iron ore, forest products, and a few agricul­ Whether the Baltic states gained or lost from the tural goods 
TI - Per G. Andreen. Finland i brännpunkten, mars 1940–juni 1941 [Finland in the Focal Point, March 1940–June 1941]. Köping, Sweden: Lindfors. 1980. Pp. 432
JF - The American Historical Review
DO - 10.1086/ahr/90.2.434-a
DA - 1985-04-01
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SP - 434
EP - 435
VL - 90
IS - 2
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