| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 89.4

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Finland and the United States, 1917-1919: Early Years of Mutual Relations. By Jarołsaw Suchoples. (Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2000. 221 pp. Paper, FIM 160, ISBN 951-746-178-X.)

In this published dissertation, Jarołsaw Suchoples, a Polish scholar, presents what he calls 'the facts connected with the beginning of Finnish-American political relations' that took shape in the waning years of World War I. His volume offers few original insights into that relationship, but it does provide a detailed account of the emergence of the Finnish-American relationship at the time, a subject that has often been neglected by historians. He describes a Finland focused on preserving its newly won independence from Russia and on gaining formal recognition from the United States. In response to those efforts, President Woodrow Wilson's administration assumed a passive and at times hostile posture since Finland's postindependence actions were not always consistent with America's wartime national interests. . . .

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