Concealed behind the Iron Curtain, and dominated by Soviet Russia for half a century, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have now emerged to the attention of the world as free and independent nations. As the new republics fight for political and economic viabilit…
Concealed behind the Iron Curtain, and dominated by Soviet Russia for half a century, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have now emerged to the attention of the world as free and independent nations. As the new republics fight for political and economic viabilit…
This revised and updated edition includes coverage of the following topics: states of Europe 1918-1940; building new states; the diplomacy of survival; the economics of survival; and the events that took place between 1940-1985.
This revised and updated edition includes coverage of the following topics: states of Europe 1918-1940; building new states; the diplomacy of survival; the economics of survival; and the events that took place between 1940-1985.
Of all the Soviet Union's subject nationalities, the three Baltic republics, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, were the most determined and best organised in seizing the opportunities created by glasnost and perestroika to win freedom from Moscow's grip.At the time of first publica…