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A short but gripping account of the fall of the Baltic republics in the midst of raging WW2. And timeless too, as we can learn many lessons from it today: on the importance of cooperation in face of greater enemy, on the dangers of ideologies and forced equality of communism.
Another interesting exercise for this book is also to compare the actions of the USSR described within with the actions of Russia of today, where the reader sadly can find many very accurate parallels.
If I had to list any downsides, it is that Waltari does not provide any sources, although this is somewhat expected given its age and lack of data sources in it. The book would also profit from a more detailed description of the events, but as the author himself notes within, this can also be attributed to the lack of data.
A short but gripping account of the fall of the Baltic republics in the midst of raging WW2. And timeless too, as we can learn many lessons from it today: on the importance of cooperation in face of greater enemy, on the dangers of ideologies and forced equality of communism.
Another interesting exercise for this book is also to compare the actions of the USSR described within with the actions of Russia of today, where the reader sadly can find many very accurate parallels.
If I had to list any downsides, it is that Waltari does not provide any sources, although this is somewhat expected given its age and lack of data sources in it. The book would also profit from a more detailed description of the events, but as the author himself notes within, this can also be attributed to the lack of data.