TY - BOOK AU - Clarke,Charles TI - Understanding the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Since 1991 SN - 9781805260646 PY - 2023/// CY - La Vergne PB - C. Hurst and Company (Publishers) Limited KW - Unabhängigkeit KW - Staat KW - Gründung KW - Außenpolitik KW - Geopolitik KW - Baltikum KW - Litauen KW - Lettland KW - Estland KW - Political science KW - Fernzugriff KW - Electronic books N1 - E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich; Intro -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- 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 -- 3. The Baltic States, Russia and Europe's Order: 1917-1991-2022 Professor Kristina Spohr -- 4. Attaining Baltic Independence: In Search of a Helping Hand Professor Jonathan Haslam -- 5. Baltic Liberation, the Baltic Sea Regional Context and Sweden during the End of the Cold War Dr Mart Kuldkepp -- Part III The Baltic Independence Dimension -- 6. The Mice that Roared Professor Stefan Hedlund -- 7. Contributions of the Baltic Independence Campaigns to Soviet Collapse Professor Kaarel Piirimäe -- 8. Baltic Exceptionalism from Versailles to Belovezhskaya Puscha Dr Donatas Kupčiūnas -- Part IV The Responses From Moscow -- 9. Context, Cross-Pressures and Compromise: The Roles of Gorbachev and Yeltsin Professor Archie Brown -- 10. The House Divided Professor Vladislav Zubok -- 11. Russia and the Baltic: The Long View Sir Rodric Braithwaite -- 12. Too 'Great' to Thrive? Sturla Sig-urjónsson -- Part V The British Angle -- 13. Moscow and the Baltics: A Western Correspondent's View Bridget Kendall -- 14. British Policy towards the Baltic States in 1991 Patrick Salmon -- 15. The Contemporary Political Dimension Rt Hon Sir David Lidington -- Part VI The Contemporary Use Of History -- 16. Historical Propaganda in Pro-Kremlin Media: The Case of the Collapse of the Soviet Union Dr Inga Zakšauskienė -- 17. The Ukrainian Dimension Professor Andrew Wilson -- Part VII Future New Challenges -- 18. The Baltic Geopolitics Challenges for Today Professor Brendan Simms and James Rogers; 19. The Geopolitical Significance of Kaliningrad and the Suwałki Gap Professor Raimundas Lopata -- 20. The Maritime Geopolitics of the Baltic Sea Professor Basil Germond -- Notes -- The Authors -- Index -- Back Cover N2 - A comprehensive account of the history, politics and growing strategic significance of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since independence in 1991 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/maxweberstiftung-ebooks/detail.action?docID=7193054 ER -