The Baltic States and the Great Powers: Foreign Relations, 1938-1940

ISBN-13: 9780367305741 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 264 str.

David Crowe

Opis

This book traces the Baltic states' relations with the Soviet Union, Germany, Poland, Great Britain, France and with one another from 1917-1940. It offers a detailed description of the diplomatic maneuvering that marked Europe's collective slide toward war.

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgments -- A Note on Currency -- Seeds of Discord: 1918–1938 -- The Third Reich and the German Minorities Question (March 1938–March 1939) -- The Anglo-Soviet-French and German-Soviet Discussions of 1939 -- Stalin, Molotov, and the Forced Mutual Assistance Negotiations (September–October 1939) -- The Third Reich and the Baltic German Exodus (September 1939–January 1944) -- The Winter War and the Polish Refugee Crisis (November 1939–May 1940) -- The Soviet Conquest and the Absorption of the Baltic States (May 1940–August 1940) -- Epilogue: The Bitter Road to Independence (August 1940–October 1991)

O autorze

David M. Crowe is professor of history at Elon College.