| Alfred Valdmanis and the Politics of Survival Subjects: Valdmanis Alfred 1908–1970; Latvia -- History -- 1918–1940; Latvia -- History -- 1940–1991; Newfoundland -- Economic policy; Finance ministers -- Latvia -- Biography; Newfoundland and Labrador Corporation -- Biography; Latvians -- Canada -- Biography; Valdmanis's wily political manoeuvring in Latvia, Germany, and Canada from 1938 to 1954 is more the stuff of fiction than history. Bassler Gerhard P. : Gerhard P. Bassler is a history professor at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. |