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Baltic States - the countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, bordering on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Formed in 1918, they remained independent republics until their involuntary incorporation in 1940 into the USSR. They regained their independence in Sept., 1991, and virtually all Russian troops were withdrawn by Aug., 1994. Finland is usually classed with the Scandinavian rather


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    The History of the Baltic States » Read Now

    by Kevin O'Connor. 228 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...New Problems: The Case of the Baltic States. by George J. Viksnins...New Europe"--including the three Baltic states, as well as Slovakia, Slovenia...This is particularly...
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    Devils in Amber: The Baltics » Read Now

    by Phillip Bonosky. 306 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...ISBN 0-7178-0699-5 pbk .- $9.95 1. Baltic States--Politics and govern ment. 2. Baltic States-- History-- Autono m y and independence...latter warns of the inclination of...
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    Toward Independence: The Baltic Popular Movements » Read Now

    by Jan Arveds Trapans. 164 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...cm. ISBN 0-8133-8144-4 1. Baltic States--History--Autonomy and independence movements. 2. Nationalism--Baltic States. I. Trapans, Jan Arveds. DK502...political developments...
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    Opening NATO's Door: How the Alliance Remade Itself for a New Era ("Ukraine and the Baltic States" p. 155) » Read Now

    by Ronald D. Asmus. 370 pgs.

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    How and why did NATO, a Cold War military alliance created in 1949 to counter Stalin's USSR, become the cornerstone of new security order for post-Cold War Europe? Why, instead of retreating from Europe after communism's collapse, did the U.S. launch the greatest expansion of the American commitment...
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    Endgame in NATO's Enlargement: The Baltic States and Ukraine » Read Now

    by Yaroslav Bilinsky. 152 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    After briefly dealing with arguments for and against NATO's enlargement as far as Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary, the author shows why the enlargement process must be carried forward to include, in the near future, the three Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and Ukraine. Inclusion...
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    Political Construction Sites: Nation-Building in Russia and the Post-Soviet States ("The Baltics" p. 31) » Read Now

    by Susan Hoivik, Peal . 308 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    Pal Kolsto is professor of Russian and East European Area Studies at the University of Oslo.
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    Economic Policy in Eastern Europe: Were Currency Boards a Solution? (Chap. 5 "Currency Boards in the Baltics") » Read Now

    by Iliana Zloch-Christy. 170 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    In 1989 the post-Communist countries of Eastern Europe opened their economies by establishing more open exchange rate policies and exchange controls and eliminating prohibitive tariffs and quotas. Now trying to join the integrated world economy, they are facing the challenge of finding strategic...
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    Restructuring the Baltic Economies: Disengaging Fifty Years of Integration with the USSR » Read Now

    by Raphael Shen. 241 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    The promise of a smooth systemic transformation in the Baltic states has been overshadowed by unforeseen obstacles. Speedy disengagement from the past, particularly from long established practices and inherited economic relationships, has proven more trying than originally anticipated. Compelling...
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    The Challenge of Globalization and Institution Building: Lessons from Small European States (Chap. 6 "Institutional Choice in Transition Economies: The Baltic Monetary Reforms") » Read Now

    by Randall W. Kindley, David F. Good. 264 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    Describing & analyzing the links between monetary policy & economic governance in small countries in both Western & Eastern Europe, this interdisciplinary volume demonstrates how the politics of interest group participation in small states shape monetary policy decisions in increasingly globalized...
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    The Making of Foreign Policy in Russia and the New States of Eurasia (Chap. 8 "Dimensions and Orientations in the Foreign and Security Policies of the Baltic States") » Read Now

    by Adeed Dawisha, Karen Dawisha. 362 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    "This fine collection ... fills many gaps about foreign policy directions of the states of the former Soviet Union and of Central Asia generally. It provides solid, sometimes outstanding treatment of the foreign policies of Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Belarus, the Baltic states, and Russia. ... Recommended". -- Choice
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    The Legacy of History in Russia and the New States of Eurasia (Chap. 5 "National Identity and Foreign Policy in the Baltic States") » Read Now

    by S. Frederick Starr. 314 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This ambitious ten-volume series develops a comprehensive analysis of the evolving world role of the post-Soviet successor states. Each volume considers a different factor influencing the relationship between internal politics and international relations in Russia and the western and southern tiers...
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    Soviet Policy toward the Baltic States, 1918-1940 » Read Now

    by Albert N. Tarulis. 276 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...SOVIET POLICY TOWARD THE BALTIC STATES 1918-1940 -ii- SOVIET POLICY TOWARD THE BALTIC STATES 1918-1940 BY ALBERT N...of the Soviet seizure of the Baltic States and...
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    The Baltic States and the Great Powers: Foreign Relations, 1938-1940 » Read Now

    by David M. Crowe. 264 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...The Baltic States and the Great Powers The Baltic States and the Great Powers Foreign Relations, 1938-1940...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Crowe, David. The...
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    War and Peace in the Baltic, 1560-1790 » Read Now

    by Stewart P. Oakley. 222 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Describes and explains the course of the series of struggles for power among the states surrounding the Baltic between the middle of the sixteenth and end of the eighteenth century.
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    Estonia: Return to Independence » Read Now

    by Rein Taagepera. 268 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...Misiunas and Rein Taagepera, The Baltic States: Years of Dependence 1940-1980...earlier book I coauthored on the Baltic states Misiunas and Taagepera 1983...Misiunas and...
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    The New Democratic Constitutions of Europe: A Comparative Study of Post-War European Constitutions with Special Reference to Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Finland, the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes and the Baltic States (1928) » Read Now

    by Agnes Headlam-Morley. 302 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...SERBS, CROATS SLOVENES AND THE BALTIC STATES BY AGNES HEADLAM-MORLEY...however, be observed that the Baltic States have entirely failed in so far...Government at Prague. In...

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