Baltic States category: 120 books

Cover of Russia, the United States, and the Caucasus; The Security Concerns of the Baltic States as NATO Allies: Estonia, Latvia, Dagestan, Armenia, Chechen, Nagorno Karabakh, U.S. - Russian Reset
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014

While the Soviet Union is gone, the people who led the Communist Party and controlled fearsome institutions such as the Soviet Secret Police (KGB) are still very much with us. The ugly history of the Soviet Union and its treatment of conquered nations is still a very recent memory, and the statements...
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Baltic Facades

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since 1945

by Aldis Purs
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are often grouped together as the Baltic States, but these three Eastern European countries, tied together historically, are quite different. Although each is struggling to find its place within Europe and fighting to preserve its own identity, the idea of the Baltic...
Cover of The Baltic
by Alan Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007

Alan Palmer traces the history of the Baltic region from its early Viking days and its time under the Byzantine Empire through its medieval prime when the Baltic Sea served as one of Europe’s central trading grounds. Palmer addresses both the strong nationalist sentiments that have driven Baltic...
Cover of The History of the Baltic States, 2nd Edition
by Kevin C. O'Connor Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015

The Baltic States—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—were granted independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then, the three countries have struggled with sluggish economies, tensions with Russia, and government corruption. This extensively updated second edition of a well-regarded reference...
Cover of The Baltic Question during the Cold War
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Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2008

This edited volume presents a comprehensive analysis of the ‘Baltic question’, which arose within the context of the Cold War, and which has previously received little attention. This volume brings together a group of international specialists on the international history of northern Europe....
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Northern Security and Global Politics

Nordic-Baltic strategic influence in a post-unipolar world

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Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013

This book takes a comprehensive approach to security in the Nordic-Baltic region, studying how this region is affected by developments in the international system. The advent of the new millennium coincided with the return of the High North to the world stage. A number of factors have contributed...
Cover of Baltic Biographies at Historical Crossroads
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Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012

This book brings together life stories from five generations of Balts, living through the diverse and recurring transformations of the twentieth century: occupations, war, independence, totalitarianism, and democratic rule and market economy. The twentieth century history of the Baltic countries has...
Cover of Geopolitics and Planning for a High-End Fight: NATO and the Baltic Region, Airpower and Geopolitical Angst, The New Russian Threat, Considering a High-End Fight with Russia, Putin
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2016

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. In a remarkably brief period, a serious challenge to the national security interests of the United States and its allies has emerged in Europe. This new threat emanates from a militarily resurgent...
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Folklore in Baltic History

Resistance and Resurgence

by Sadhana Naithani
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2019

Folklore in the Baltic History: Resistance and Resurgence is about the role of folklore, folklore archives, and folklore studies in the contemporary history of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—together called the Baltic countries. They were occupied by Russia, by Germany, and lastly by the USSR at...
Cover of Challenges, Capability and Will: Is NATO Relevant in the Twenty-first Century? Role in Counterterrorism, ISIS, ISIL, Threats from Putin and Russia to Baltic Members and Poland, Cyber, U.S. Reassurance
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Since the end of the Cold War NATO has struggled to maintain a raison d'etre for its continued existence and relevance. In the 1990s NATO expanded both its membership and the scope of...
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Post-Soviet Civil Society

Democratization in Russia and the Baltic States

by Anders Uhlin
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2006

The development of civil society has varied greatly across the former Soviet Union. The Baltic states have achieved a high level of integration with the West and European Union membership, while some regions in Russia lag far behind. Now for the first time there is a comparative study of civil...
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Bridging the Baltic Sea

Networks of Resistance and Opposition during the Cold War Era

by Lars Fredrik Stöcker
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017

Tracing the origins, evolution, and goals of Polish and Estonian émigré politics in Cold War Sweden and its linkages with both the host and homeland societies, this book investigates the transnational dimension of resistance and opposition to the communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe....
Cover of Tallinn Baltic Summer City
by Giorgio di Bon
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017

The wonders of Tallinn are revealed in the latest photo book by Giorgio di Bon. Tallinn is  known as a medieval capital in the north-east corner of the Baltic sea. The old town of Tallinn has been declared as a UNESCO Heritage Site. Images capture a city at the height of summer. The medieval...
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Between Giants

The Battle for the Baltics in World War II

by Prit Buttar
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013

During World War II, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia found themselves trapped between the giants of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Over the course of the war these states were repeatedly occupied by different forces, and local government organizations and individuals were forced to choose between...
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