The Baltic Question During the Cold War

ISBN-13: 9780415371001 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 224 str.

Hiden, John

Opis

Presents a comprehensive analysis of the "Baltic Question" that arose within the context of the Cold War.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Baltic Question and the Cold War John Hiden, Vahur Made and David J. Smith.  The Baltic States and Europe, 1918-1940 Vahur Made.  The US, Soviet Russia and the Baltic States: From Recognition to the Cold War Eero Medijainen.  Roosevelt and the Dictators: The Origin of US Non-Recognition of the Soviet Annexation of the Baltic States Jonathan L’hommedieu.  The Politics of a Principle: US Non-Recognition Policy Before, During and After the Recovery of Baltic Independence Paul A. Goble.  Soviet Foreign Policy During the Cold War: The Baltic Factor Konstantin K. Khudoley.  Britain and the Baltic States: The Late 1940s and the Early 1990s Craig Gerrard.  French Policy towards the Baltic States 1939-1991: From Abandonment to Reunion Suzanne Champonnois.  West Germany and the Baltic Question During the Cold War Kristina Spohr Readman.  The Estonian Government-in-Exile: A Controversial Project of State Continuation Vahur Made.  Emigrés, Dissidents and International Organisations Helen M. Morris and Vahur Made.  Between Political Rhetoric and Realpolitik Calculations: Western Diplomacy and the Baltic Independence Struggle in the Cold War Endgame Kristina Spohr Readman.  The End of the ‘Baltic Question’? The Baltic States, Russia and the West in the Post-Cold War Era David J. Smith 

O autorze

John Hiden is Emeritus Professor at Bradford University and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. He is author and co-author of twelve books, chiefly concerning modern Germany and the Baltic region. Vahur Made is the Deputy Director of the Estonian School of Diplomacy and Associate Professor at the Department of History of the University of Tartu. David J. Smith is Reader in Baltic Studies at the Department of Central and East European Studies, University of Glasgow.