The Baltic states and the end of the Soviet empire
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The Baltic states and the end of the Soviet empire
Routledge, 1993
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge"--CIP verso t.p
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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How was 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 being thrown at the oppressor? This book is about 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 freedom, and how the policies pursued by Mikhail Gorbachev served to mobilize and politicize Baltic demands. The authors emphasize unintended consequences that resulted from repeated interventions by Moscow. They develop a loose game theoretic framework for the examination of the struggle. The presentation develops analytical tools and then outlines, as background, features of Gorbachev's reform programme and the history of the states. Three core chapters contain the analysis. The authors' conclusion points to the absence of "politics" in the Soviet system as a main cause of its self-destruction.
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