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- catalog abstract ""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. 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.".
- catalog contributor b11337944.
- catalog coverage "Latvia History 1918-1940.".
- catalog coverage "Latvia History 1940-1991.".
- catalog coverage "Newfoundland Economic policy.".
- catalog coverage "Newfoundland and Labrador Economic policy.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "1. Wunderkind in Reborn Latvia: Background, Education, and Civil Service Career, 1908-1938 -- 2. 'The Most Active and Influential Member of the Cabinet': Minister of Finance, 1938-1939 -- 3. 'Better to Die Standing Up Than to Keep on Living on Your Knees': War, Resignation, and Soviet Occupation, 1939-1941 -- 4. 'Elected to Lead and Manage Latvian National Affairs': The Janus Face of Collaboration, July 1941 to November 1942 -- 5. 'Made No Bones about His Antipathy to the German Regime': The Janus Face of Resistance, November 1942 to May 1945 -- 6. 'I Had Committed All My Heart and My Efforts to Latvian Exiles': Refugee Politics, 1945-1948 -- 7. 'Starting Anew Like Our Fathers Did after the First World War': Immigrant in Canada, 1948-1950 -- 8. 'Develop of Perish': The Challenges of Newfoundland, 1950-1955 -- 9. 'The Past, Instead of Helping to Rebuild, Denies Itself': The Latvian Refugee Community and the Shadows of the Past, 1950-1954.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-456) and index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 472 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0802044131 :".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press,".
- catalog spatial "Canada".
- catalog spatial "Latvia History 1918-1940.".
- catalog spatial "Latvia History 1940-1991.".
- catalog spatial "Latvia".
- catalog spatial "Newfoundland Economic policy.".
- catalog spatial "Newfoundland and Labrador Economic policy.".
- catalog spatial "Newfoundland and Labrador.".
- catalog subject "971.063/3/092 21".
- catalog subject "F1123.V35 B37 2000".
- catalog subject "Finance ministers Latvia Biography.".
- catalog subject "Latvians Canada Biography.".
- catalog subject "Newfoundland and Labrador Corporation Biography.".
- catalog subject "Political corruption Newfoundland and Labrador.".
- catalog subject "Valdmanis, Alfred, 1908-1970.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Wunderkind in Reborn Latvia: Background, Education, and Civil Service Career, 1908-1938 -- 2. 'The Most Active and Influential Member of the Cabinet': Minister of Finance, 1938-1939 -- 3. 'Better to Die Standing Up Than to Keep on Living on Your Knees': War, Resignation, and Soviet Occupation, 1939-1941 -- 4. 'Elected to Lead and Manage Latvian National Affairs': The Janus Face of Collaboration, July 1941 to November 1942 -- 5. 'Made No Bones about His Antipathy to the German Regime': The Janus Face of Resistance, November 1942 to May 1945 -- 6. 'I Had Committed All My Heart and My Efforts to Latvian Exiles': Refugee Politics, 1945-1948 -- 7. 'Starting Anew Like Our Fathers Did after the First World War': Immigrant in Canada, 1948-1950 -- 8. 'Develop of Perish': The Challenges of Newfoundland, 1950-1955 -- 9. 'The Past, Instead of Helping to Rebuild, Denies Itself': The Latvian Refugee Community and the Shadows of the Past, 1950-1954.".
- catalog title "Alfred Valdmanis and the politics of survival / Gerhard P. Bassler.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".