The Finnish Front Line: Kekkonen, Kennedy, and Krushchev’s Cold War Showdown

＂A historical biography of Urho Kekkonen, president of Finland from 1956 to 1981, that focuses on his and Finland’s relationship with Nikita Khruschev, and on two crises during Kekkonen’s first term, the so-called Night Frost of 1958 and the Note Crisis of 1961 which laid the basis for Finland’s relationship with the Kremlin and the remainder of Kekkonen’s presidency＂--

Gordon F. Sander is a journalist and historian and the author of several books about Finland and the Baltic region, including The Hundred Day Winter War and Off The Map. In 2017 he was knighted by President Sauli Niinisto for his contribution to international journalism and Finnish historiography. He is based in Riga. [credit lines]