1st Edition

The Baltic States and the End of the Soviet Empire

By Kristian Gerner, Stefan Hedlund Copyright 1993
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1993. How is it possible for the three tiny Baltic republics to gain their freedom from the Soviet Union, without a single shot being fired or a single stone thrown at the oppressor? The topic of this book is the implosion of the Soviet empire. It tells the parallel stories of how the three Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania struggled successfully to gain their... Read more

Preface;  1. Introduction  2. Under New Management  3. A Baltic Background  4. Transforming the Soviet Union  5. Dissolving the Soviet Union  6. Destroying the Soviet Union;  Notes;  References;  Index

Biography

Kristian Gerner