LeLv 26

[Jukka Juutinen]

Martti, the word "nollatutkimus" does not apply to these books, which you should well know if you are supposedly studying history! And what has university to do with good historical writing? E.g. Jukka Raunio´s books are first class stuff, yet he has not studied history in academia for a single second. On the other had, Heikki Ylikangas produces true "nollatutkimus", yet you know his academic credentials. Or Johan Bäckman´s.

I do agree that source noting would help a great deal, but then we should add that neither the official 4-volume Winter War or the 6-volume Continuation War history do have footnoting! Or the old Suomen sota. Or Halsti´s trilogy (Talvisota, Kesäsota,...). A fact which e.g. Mauno Jokipii criticised those two series for.