Tere hommikust! I am very pleased to announce the publication of Lahing Soome pärast 1939-1940, the Estonian edition of The Battle of Finland, my best-selling history of the Winter War by Estonia’s best-known publisher, Varrak. Given my relationship with Estonia, and my many friends there, this is a particularly proud moment for me. With a …
“So, you came to hear the Sundance Kid?” chirped the wife of the hospitable native I had met on the flight from Spokane as we sped away from the Pullman, Washington (population 18,000) airport into the soundless, star-sprinkled Big Sky night. “I heard he didn’t show.” Those aren’t precisely the first words an exhausted Redford-hunter …
DIVING INTO THE EIGHTH. “Up and coming? The Eighth?” Up until a few years ago, the average Budapester would have described this raffish, pie-shaped district on the eastern side of the bifurcated Hungarian capital as anything but. Now, thanks to an infusion of imagination and investment, and a healthy dose of Hungarian coffee, the eighth, …
“Have you heard, “ Gunnar, my amiable guide and contact person from the Aland Tourist Board asked me, as he was driving me to the very deluxe—and very isolated—house in the district of Bjorko, in the center of the main island of the archipelago which he had found for me, “Your President Bush and Mr. …
A moment to remember from a coach’s life… Time: a few minutes before one in the morning. Date: June 12, 2008. Place: Joe Bruno Stadium, just outside of Troy, New York. The game: The New York State sectional championship game between the Cadets of La Salle Institute, a Catholic military school located near Troy, in …
RUSSIANS START THEIR INVASION OF FINLAND PLANES DROP BOMBS ON AIRFIELD AT HELSINKI WAR STARTS AS U.S. MOVE FOR PEACE IS MADE —The New York Times, November 30th, 1939 I remember everything quite clearly. My memories are so clear they still torture me sometimes. When it’s cold and snowy, I can picture myself in those …
March 13, 1940 “It was the darkest day in our history, I think.” —Harry Matso1 IF THE FIRST DAY of the Winter War was for Finns the longest day of the 105 day conflict, the last day was easily the second. If anything, peace, when it came, in the form of Vaino Tanner’s radio speech …