Between "russophobia" and "bridge-building": The Norwegian Government and the Soviet Union 1940-1945
Strong elements of traditional Scandinavian "russophobia" continued to influence the evolution of Norwegian-Soviet relations during the second world war, even when the Norwegian government gradually redirected its official foreign policy doctrine from strong commitments to North Atlantic m...
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ftforstvareshs:oai:fhs.brage.unit.no:11250/99453 2023-05-15T17:32:52+02:00 Between "russophobia" and "bridge-building": The Norwegian Government and the Soviet Union 1940-1945 Holtsmark, Sven G. 1988 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/99453 eng eng Institutt for forsvarsstudier Forsvarsstudier; 5 urn:issn:0333-3981 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/99453 77 s. Others 1988 ftforstvareshs 2022-06-30T16:10:41Z Strong elements of traditional Scandinavian "russophobia" continued to influence the evolution of Norwegian-Soviet relations during the second world war, even when the Norwegian government gradually redirected its official foreign policy doctrine from strong commitments to North Atlantic military cooperation towards a doctrine of "bridge-building" might be expected to have influenced Norway's relations with the Soviet Union. one of the aims of this study is to give a general presentation of Norwegian-Soviet relations during the war. On this background the study further examines how the redirectioning of Norway's foreign policy line made itself felt in the various fields of Norwegian-Soviet relations. The study tends to emphasize the continued presence of a skeptical attitude towards the Soviet Union in Norwegian government circles. This factor made itself felt when the two countries set out to lay the foundations of war-time cooperation, and also influenced Norwegian long-term foreign policy and security planning. Other/Unknown Material North Atlantic The Norwegian Defence University College: FHS Brage |
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Strong elements of traditional Scandinavian "russophobia" continued to influence the evolution of Norwegian-Soviet relations during the second world war, even when the Norwegian government gradually redirected its official foreign policy doctrine from strong commitments to North Atlantic military cooperation towards a doctrine of "bridge-building" might be expected to have influenced Norway's relations with the Soviet Union. one of the aims of this study is to give a general presentation of Norwegian-Soviet relations during the war. On this background the study further examines how the redirectioning of Norway's foreign policy line made itself felt in the various fields of Norwegian-Soviet relations. The study tends to emphasize the continued presence of a skeptical attitude towards the Soviet Union in Norwegian government circles. This factor made itself felt when the two countries set out to lay the foundations of war-time cooperation, and also influenced Norwegian long-term foreign policy and security planning. |
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Holtsmark, Sven G. Between "russophobia" and "bridge-building": The Norwegian Government and the Soviet Union 1940-1945 |
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Holtsmark, Sven G. |
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Holtsmark, Sven G. |
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Between "russophobia" and "bridge-building": The Norwegian Government and the Soviet Union 1940-1945 |
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Between "russophobia" and "bridge-building": The Norwegian Government and the Soviet Union 1940-1945 |
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Between "russophobia" and "bridge-building": The Norwegian Government and the Soviet Union 1940-1945 |
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Between "russophobia" and "bridge-building": The Norwegian Government and the Soviet Union 1940-1945 |
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Between "russophobia" and "bridge-building": The Norwegian Government and the Soviet Union 1940-1945 |
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between "russophobia" and "bridge-building": the norwegian government and the soviet union 1940-1945 |
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Institutt for forsvarsstudier |
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1988 |
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North Atlantic |
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North Atlantic |
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Forsvarsstudier; 5 urn:issn:0333-3981 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/99453 |
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