Understanding the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since 1991

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
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Knygos / Books
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Understanding the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since 1991
Authors:
Clarke, Charles
Publication Data:
London : Hurst & Company, 2023.
Pages:
365 p
Contents:
List of Abbreviations — Chronology: 1988-1991 Dr John Freeman — PART I. INTRODUCTION. 1. The Importance of the Baltic / Rt Hon Charles Clarke — 2. A History of the Baltic Region: 1860-1991 / Neil Taylor — PART II. THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT. 1. The Baltic States, Russia and Europe’s Order: 1917-1991-2022 / Kristina — 2. Attaining Baltic Independence: In Search of a Helping Hand / Jonathan Haslam — 3. Baltic Liberation, the Baltic Sea Regional Context and Sweden during the End of the Cold War / Mart Kuldkepp — PART III. THE BALTIC INDEPENDENCE DIMENSION. 1. The Mice that Roared / Stefan Hedlund – 2. Contributions of the Baltic Independence Campaigns to Soviet Collapse / Kaarel Piirimae — 3. Baltic Exceptionalism from Versailles to Belovezhskaya Puscha / Donatas Kupčiūnas — 2. Contributions of the Baltic Independence Campaigns to Soviet Collapse / Kaarel Piirimae — 3. Baltic Exceptionalism from Versailles to Belovezhskaya Puscha / Donatas Kupčiūnas — PART IV. THE RESPONSES FROM MOSCOW. 1. Context, Cross-Pressures and Compromise: The Roles of Gorbachev and Yeltsin / Archie Brown — 2. The House Divided / Vladislav Zubok — 3. Russia and the Baltic: The Long View / Rodric Braithwaite — 4. Too ‘Great’ to Thrive? / Sturla Sigurjonsson — PART V. THE BRITISH ANGLE 1. Moscow and the Baltics: A Western Correspondent’s View / Bridget Kendall — 1. British Policy towards the Baltic States in 1991 / Patrick Salmon — 2. The Contemporary Political Dimension / David Lidington —PART VI. THE CONTEMPORARY USE OF HISTORY. 1. Historical Propaganda in Pro-Kremlin Media: The Case of the Collapse of the Soviet Union / Inga Zakšauskienė — 1. The Ukrainian Dimension / Andrew Wilson — PART VII. FUTURE NEW CHALLENGES. 1. The Baltic Geopolitics Challenges for Today / Brendan Simms and James Rogers — 1. The Geopolitical Significance of Kaliningrad and the Suwalki Gap / Raimundas Lopata — 1. The Maritime Geopolitics of the Baltic Sea / Basil Germond — Notes — The Authors — Index.
Subject Category:
LT
Estija (Estonia); Latvija (Latvia); Lietuva (Lithuania); 1990-21 amžius. Antroji Lietuvos Respublika; Politinė istorija / Political history; Politika / Politics.
Reviews:
Recenzija leidinyje Journal of Baltic studies. 2024, vol. 55, iss. 1, p. 239-241
Summary / Abstract:

ENThis book addresses a crucial question: the contribution of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to the historic dissolution of the USSR in 1991, which in turn led to regained independence for the Baltic States in that year. This is an important history, relating to the interplay between divisions and tensions at the heart of the USSR and the growing Baltic independence movements. It also has great contemporary significance as a result of Russia's February 2022 invasion of the Ukraine. To justify this act, Vladimir Putin has explicitly promoted a 'Greater Russian' version of history, including a dangerously inaccurate narrative of what occurred in the Baltics in 1991. He also continues to threaten military action against the Baltic states, all of which are members of NATO. The contributors - who include Brendan Simms, Vladislav Zubok, Andrew Wilson, Mart Kuldkepp, Bridget Kendall, Kristina Spohr, Kaarel Piirim?e and Neil Taylor - analyze the struggles of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to secure their independence, and set out how Moscow is propagating fake history, as well as engaging in destabilizing measures and cyber-attacks, to undermine these countries' hard-won freedom. This indispensable volume addresses head-on the biggest geopolitical challenge facing the world today: responding to Russian military adventurism.

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