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Ambassadors of Realpolitik Sweden, the CSCE and the Cold War


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English | ISBN: 1785332848 | 2016 | 300 pages | PDF | 3 MB
During the Cold War, Sweden actively cultivated a reputation as the "conscience of the world," working to build bridges between East and West and embracing a nominal commitment to international solidarity. This groundbreaking study explores the tension between realism and idealism in Swedish diplomacy during a key episode in Cold War history: the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, culminating in the 1975 Helsinki Accords. Through careful analysis of new evidence, it offers a compelling counternarrative of this period, showing that Sweden strategically ignored human rights violations in Eastern Europe and the nonaligned states in its pursuit of national interests.

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Europeanization in Sweden Opportunities and Challenges for Civil Society Organizations


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English | ISBN: 1789200342 | 2018 | 312 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Notwithstanding its many successes since 1945, the project of European integration currently faces major difficulties, from financial crises and mass immigration to the departure of the UK from the European Union. At the same time, these challenges have spurred civil society organizations within and across Europe, revealing a shared public sphere in which citizens can mobilize around refugee rights, opposition to austerity policies, and other issues. Europeanization in Sweden assembles new empirical research on how these processes have played out in one of the continent’s wealthiest nations, providing insights into whether, and how, the "Swedish model" can guide European integration.

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The Committed Neutral Sweden’s Foreign Policy


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English | 2019 | ISBN: 0367290944, 0367306409 | EPUB | pages: 214 | 0.7 mb
This book is a collection of essays by Swedish and American academics begins by putting into its historical perspective the classic definition of Swedish foreign policy as freedom from alliance in peace, aiming for neutrality in war and it helps to gain new insights on the Sweden’s foreign policy.

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Scandinavian Blue The Erotic Cinema of Sweden and Denmark in the 1960s and 1970s


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English | ISBN: 0786444886 | 2010 | 304 pages | PDF | 14 MB
This book traces the development of modern Scandinavian erotic cinema as it evolved in Denmark and Sweden, from the gentle Swedish naturalist films, starting with One Summer of Happiness in the 50s, to the controversial groundbreakers like I Am Curious (Yellow) of the 60s and on through to the dawn of "Liberated Denmark," where, in the early 70s, the abolition of censorship was celebrated in films like 24 Hours with Ilse and the production of a number of other films that were blatantly pornographic.

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History of Scandinavia A Captivating Guide to the History of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, and Finland [Audiobook]


Free Download History of Scandinavia: A Captivating Guide to the History of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, and Finland (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CLWS7XYN | 2023 | 18 hours and 5 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 516 MB
Author: Captivating History
Narrator: Jason Zenobia

In contrast to their Danish and Norwegian cousins, Swedish Vikings traveled east rather than west in search of riches, land, and power. The extensive river systems of Russia provided economic and military "super-highways" to the adventurers from the north, who journeyed down them all the way to the Black Sea and Constantinople in search of fame and riches. Norway is a unique country located on the fringes of Europe. Its climate and geographical position determined the lifestyle of the people inhabiting it. It was never an easy life.

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Gustavus Adolphus, Sweden and the Thirty Years War, 1630-1632


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English | March 22, 2022 | ISBN: 1526749599 | 248 pages | MOBI | 26 Mb
As one of the foremost military commanders of the early seventeenth century Gustavus Adophus, king of Sweden, played a vital role in defending the Protestant cause during the Thirty Years War. In the space of two years – between 1630 and 1632 – he turned the course of the war, winning a decisive victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld and conquering large parts of Germany. Yet in English remarkably little has been written about him and no full account of his extraordinary career has been published in recent times. That is why Lars Ericson Wolke’s perceptive and scholarly study is of such value.

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