Cold War -- & the Nordic Countries - Historiography at a Crossroads

Research into the impact of the Cold War in the Nordic countries has boomed since the end of the Cold War itself. The end of the conflict has made it possible for historians to see the Cold War period as a full epoch with a beginning and an end. In the Nordic countries the increased interest in and emphasis on Cold War history has been accompanied by heated public debate over revelations of Cold War skeletons in the cupboard or polemics on Cold War guilt and betrayal. In five national chapters covering each of the Nordic countries and supplemented by a joint introduction and conclusion, this book aims at providing an overall picture of how post-Cold War historiography has affected and changed our view and understanding of the Cold War in the Nordic countries.