TY - GEN T1 - Mannerheim : president, soldier, spy A1 - Clements, Jonathan, 1971- LA - English PP - London PB - Haus Publishing YR - 2012 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn951434219 AB - ""An exemplary and generously illustrated account; it incorporates new historical material, and he describes the journey as if he had been there.""--The Times Literary Supplement Gustaf Mannerheim was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. He spent two years undercover in Asia as a spy, escaped the Bolsheviks in 1917, lead the anti-Russian forces in the civil war and later, during Finland's darkest hour, lead the defense of his country against the impossible odds of the Winter War. Mannerheim is a fascinating appraisal of an adventurer and explorer who would go on to forge a ne. CN - DL1067.5.M36 C54 2012 SN - 9781908323187 SN - 1908323183 SN - 9781907822575 SN - 9781906598266 KW - Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf Emil, : 1867-1951. KW - Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf Emil, : 1867-1951 KW - Soldiers : Finland : Biography. KW - Presidents : Finland : Biography. KW - Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. KW - Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940. KW - Finland : History : 20th century. KW - Présidents : Finlande : Biographies. KW - Guerre russo-japonaise, 1904-1905. KW - Guerre soviéto-finlandaise, 1939-1940. KW - Finlande : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - HISTORY : Europe : Scandinavia. KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : General. KW - Presidents KW - Soldiers KW - Finland KW - 1900-1999 KW - Biographies KW - History ER -