Baltic independence and Russian Empire
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Baltic independence and Russian Empire
Macmillan, 1991
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The Baltic republics occupy a tiny niche on the map of Europe, but their future has global significance. Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians have unleashed a "singing revolution" against the Russian empire to re-establish the independent statehood suppressed in 1940. Concerned to uphold the Soviet system, President Gorbachev's Kremlin has responded with a mixture of wishful thinking and conciliation, repression and legalistic delay. The West has also vacillated - between support in principal for national self-determination and resignation to the imperatives of power politics. This book analyzes these developments against the historical background of changing East-West relations and the upheavals triggered by perestroika and glasnost. The author proposes policies to create values for all concerned.
Table of Contents
Glossary - Introduction and Acknowledgements - Independence v Empire: How and Why? - The Baltic: A Bridge between West and East - Winning Independence - From Independence to Stalinism - Gorbachev's Inheritance: Thaw and Stagnation - Perestroika and Glasnost' in the Baltic - The Quest for National Self-Determination - Non-Violent Liberation: 'Singing Revolutions' - Hands Across the Baltic, the USSR, the World - 'Internationals': Resist or Join Baltic Independence? - Baltic Nationalism and Communism: Kto Kovo? - The Center does not hold: No Soviet Melting Pot - Kremlin Dilemma: Concessions or Crackdown? - Whither the Russian Empire? Models for Change - Implications for the West: How to Join Idealism with Realism? - The Hard Road to Freedom - Maps - Index
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