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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781442670747
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035 _a(OCoLC)944178272
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082 0 4 _a971.063/3/092
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aBassler, Gerhard P.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aAlfred Valdmanis and the Politics of Survival /
_cGerhard P. Bassler.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c[2000]
264 4 _c©2000
300 _a1 online resource (504 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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520 _aAlfred Valdmanis is best known in Canada for his infamous role in Premier Joey Smallwood's scheme to industrialize Newfoundland. A Latvian immigrant, he was appointed Director General of Economic Development in 1950 with the understanding that through his connections to Europe he could entice German and Baltic industrialists to the isolated, rural island. His influence was brought to an abrupt end when, in 1954, he was charged with defrauding the government. The media, latching on to his murky past and his possible affiliation with war criminals, made him the scapegoat of Newfoundland's problems, painting him as part comedian, part sinister villain.This was not the first time his name was connected with controversial issues. 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 Valdamis historian Gerhard Bassler casts the story of this political manipulator and chameleon in new terms: the often tragic consequences of the will to survive.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 0 _aFinance ministers
_zLatvia
_xBiography.
650 0 _aLatvians
_zCanada
_vBiography.
650 0 _aPolitical corruption
_zNewfoundland and Labrador.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Canada / General.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442670747
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