Anthony F. Upton

Anthony F. Upton (born 1929) is a professor of Nordic history. He worked in University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He has published about the first decennies 1918–1944 of the Finnish independency. He received the Hon. D. from the University of Helsinki on 2 June 2000.

He is best known for sinking the so called "Driftwood theory"^[1] (Finnish: Ajopuuteoria) of Finnish non-involvement in Operation Barbarossa.^[2]

Works

A Short History of Finland, 1998, 209 p.
Europe 1600-1789, 2001. 437 p.
The Finnish Revolution 1917-1918, 1980, 608 p.
Finland in Crisis, 1940–1941, 1964, 318 p.
Finland, 1939–1940, 1974, 174 p.
Charles XI and Swedish Absolutism, 1998, 281 p.

References

Hon. D's University of Helsinki
works in English

^ Erkki Tuomioja: Puheenvuoro "Historiography and Politics" The Politics of the Past -symposiumissa. Jyväskylä, 9.6.2007
^ Markku Jokisipilä: FINNISH HISTORY CULTURE AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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