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The Baltic Revolution: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Path to Independence, Revised and Updated
Anatol Lieven
Paperback. Yale University Press 1994-09.
ISBN 9780300060782
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Förlagets beskrivning
World attention has focused on the newly independent Baltic states of
Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania, as they struggle to become politically and
economically viable. In this book, Anatol Lieven presents an intimate and
engaging portrait of the history and culture of the Baltic states from their
ancient origins to their contemporary status. He explores the culture and
personality of the Baltic peoples, their religious and racial differences,
their relations with Russia and with the West, and their prospects for the
future. Lieven begins by describing the ancient Baltic peoples, their conquest by
the Christians, the evolution of the Lithuanian empire and their union with
Poland, and the experience of the Baltic provinces under the Russian Empire. He
then looks at the countries' first struggle for independence in 1918, the
failure of democracy and the establishment of authoritarian regimes, and the
Soviet annexation of the Baltic in 1940. Lieven discusses the class structure of the Baltics and the ethnic tensions
that have existed between the Germans, Jews, Poles, and Russians who live
there. Drawing on a wide range of sources including interviews, newspaper
accounts, and his own observations, he describes and analyzes the rise of
national movements in each of the three countries after Glastnost. He concludes
by discussing the new constitutions and the elections of 1992, the current
forces of order, the demolition of the Soviety economies, and the possibilities
for democracy and Europeanization or for ethnic conflict and nationalist
dictatorship. Presents a portrait of the history and culture of the Baltic states from
their ancient origins to their contemporary status. The book explores the
personality of the Baltic people, their religious and racial differences, their
relations with Russia and the West and their prospects for the future.
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