About the Author

Gordon F. Sander is a journalist, historian, and Nordic expert. His books include The Frank Family That Survived and the recently published Off the Map: A Personal History of Finland.

Reviews

This book focuses on the Winter War between the Soviet Union and neighboring Finland. The Hundred Day Winter War is a military history focusing on the phenomenon called war and its influence on international politics, as well as on the experiences of the people who participated in the war.""- European History Quarterly;

""Delivers new facts via archival research and interviews with vets.""- World War II Magazine;

""Sander's discussion of military matters is very good, and his battle pieces are very well done, often gripping, and with more coverage of the Soviet side than is common, including the effect of the war on the Red Army. An excellent look at one of the most unique conflicts in the twentieth century.""- New York Military Affairs Symposium Review;

""An exciting, imaginative, and wide-ranging account of the Winter War. Sander's gripping study of this short but epic conflict is hard to put down.""- Evan Mawdsley, general editor of the Cambridge History of the Second World War;

""A fascinating, sweeping, and exceptionally well-written history that illumines a number of overlooked dimensions of this still relatively little-known chapter of the Second World War.""- Bair Irincheev, author of War of the White Death: Finland against the Soviet Union 1939-40;

""Sander puts a human face on this controversial struggle between a Finnish 'David' and Soviet 'Goliath.' Well written, clear, and poignant, this is social history at its best.""- David M. Glantz, author of The Stalingrad Trilogy