Books of 2010: The Winter War

I read another book yesterday. It was called "The Winter War: the Soviet Attack on Finland 1939-1940," by Eloise Engle and Lauri Paananen, written in 1973.

This was a very good book--short, informative, and entertaining. It was full of entertaining anecdotes showing the Finnish "sisu," or "guts."

For example, this drawing, by cartoonist Jussi Aarnio, has the subtitle of  "I had no idea when I was a kid that it would be so much fun to be a grown-up."

The Finns, using guerrilla tactics, kept the massive Russian army at a standstill during the entire winter, and even though the cease-fire terms were extremely favorable to the Soviets, the Finns considered themselves an unbeaten army.

Anyone interested in military history would be well advised to read this book.  Highly recommended.