User:Ta eis heauton/bibl

This is my bibliography for writing articles on the Winter War between Finland and Soviet Union 1939-1940. I'll try to briefly comment the sources when possible. This page will be in disarray for some time while I am switching from Finnish namespace specifics to more universal formatting.

Published books

 * | Used to be a primary source, but is in my opinion outdated. Contains quite a bit of mythology, unverifiable stories, colored interpretation and is at times politically charged.
 * | Review by Roger Reese: Roger R. Reese (2012) The War of the White Death: Finland against the Soviet Union 1939–1940, by Irincheev, Bair, The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 25:3, 435-436, DOI: 10.1080/13518046.2012.705675




 * | The most used source on the Russian troop losses in the Winter War. Based on academic research of Russian archival sources. Almost neutral. Yuri Kilin has later researched more specifically the losses in the Winter War.


 * | Excellent high level view on the military operations and military history of the conflict. Almost neutral, only a slight Finnish bias. Primary source.


 * | A good overall popular history view on the main events in English. Useful overall source. Some hyperbole and unverified myths. a Finnish bias.


 * | Focus on overall Soviet military history with a passage on Winter War.


 * | Very clear and concise view on the main events. Relatively neutral.


 * | One of the best military history views on the conflict. Established academic writer with a lifetime focus on the conflict. At times a Finnish bias. Main emphasis on Finnish strategic and tactical decisions, their background and interpretation.





Articles





 * | Research by Kilin on Russian losses. Latest and most complete available information at the moment.






 * Yksi parhaista englanninkielistä artikkeleista talvisodasta venäläisestä näkökulmasta, kirjoittajana yhdysvaltalainen sotahistorioitsija. Kansainvälisesti erittäin arvostettu ja tunnustettu kirjoittaja, akateeminen journal. Käyttökelpoinen ja ensisijainen lähde varsinkin englanninkielisiä artikkeleita muokattaessa. Tasapainottaa mainiosti monien lähteiden suomalaista näkökulmaa.











Online sources
These sources are in my opinion credible. The criteria for this judgement is fairly strict. These sources are either created, published, verified, curated or maintained with reputed and published academics with known focus on historical research and analysis of the Winter War. I try to avoid news sources completely. I will probably add blogs by reputed historians if I come across any that contribute information not found in other sources.


 * Extremely good resource by a reputed academic historian. Primary source.




 * A collection of pinpointed locations of the Winter War maintained by the Association for Military History in Finland. The association has both enthuasists and established academic historians as members so published online articles go through a strict peer review.

Published popular history literature with questionable source value
These books have questionable value as sources, mostly because they recycle some fables or myths that are unproven, exaggerated, colored or in some cases just wrong. I have also included literature that I find not neutral enough to use as main or single sources. All of these publications have some or most things right - the problem being that in order to create a truthful comprehensive picture you have to know which parts and facts these are.



Kirjaviitteet







 * Ensimmäinen lähde yleiskatsaukseen taistelutapahtumista. Hyvät kartat, erinomainen selkeä tapahtumien kuvaus sekä suomalaisesta (Raunio) että venäläisestä (Kilin) näkökulmasta. Erittäin hyvä lähde.





















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