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Film, Video On the Finland Watch: An American Diplomat in Finland

Event video

Transcript: TEXT

About this Item

Title

  • On the Finland Watch: An American Diplomat in Finland

Summary

  • Author James Ford Cooper discussed his work as a U.S. diplomat in Finland during the Cold War and his experiences concerning critical past and present East-West relations. Presented in partnership with the Finlandia Foundation.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. European Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2019-04-24.

Notes

  • -  Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
  • -  Classification: Political Science.
  • -  Classification: Social Sciences.
  • -  James Ford Cooper.
  • -  Recorded on 2019-04-24.
  • -  James Ford Cooper worked at the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki during the Cold War, first as political counselor and later as deputy chief of the mission. He was subsequently director of the Office of Northern European Affairs in the U.S. State Department.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024696436

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. European Division. On the Finland Watch: An American Diplomat in Finland. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-24, 2019. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024696436/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. European Division, S. B. (2019) On the Finland Watch: An American Diplomat in Finland. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-24. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024696436/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. European Division. On the Finland Watch: An American Diplomat in Finland. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-24, 2019. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024696436/>.