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"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."--BOOK JACKET.
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Biography, Economic policy, Finance ministers, History, Latvians, Newfoundland and Labrador Corporation, Political corruption, Latvians, canada, Latvia, history, Newfoundland and labrador, politics and governmentPeople
Alfred Valdmanis (1908-1970)Places
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Alfred Valdmanis and the politics of survival
2000, University of Toronto Press
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Alfred Valdmanis and the politics of survival
1999, University of Toronto Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-456) and index.
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