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In 1989 three Soviet republics--Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, known as Baltic countries--started a determined push for independence, risking to destabilize the Soviet Union and to derail international negotiations on German reunification.
Politics of Uncertainty traces Soviet and American responses to Baltic claims for independence and, in doing so, sheds light on the end of the Cold War.
Table des matières
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Origins of the Baltic Question
- Chapter 2: "Have you not noticed our absence?" The Baltic Question during the Annus Mirabilis of 1989
- Chapter 3: Building a New World Order? The Lithuanian Crisis of Spring 1990
- Chapter 4: The End of Perestroika? The Baltic Quest for Visibility and the Soviet Crackdown
- Chapter 5: The Rise of Republics, the Fall of the Center: The Baltic Exception and the Collapse of the USSR
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
A propos de l'auteur
Una Bergmane, a native of Latvia, is Academy of Finland Research Fellow at the Aleksanteri Institute at Helsinki University and a Baltic Sea Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in the United States.
Résumé
In 1989 three Soviet republics--Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, known as Baltic countries--started a determined push for independence, risking to destabilize the Soviet Union and to derail international negotiations on German reunification. Politics of Uncertainty traces Soviet and American responses to Baltic claims for independence and, in doing so, sheds light on the end of the Cold War.
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Bergmane superbly navigates the intricacies of the triangular relationshipbetween Washington, Moscow and the Baltic republics, although for readersunfamiliar with the Baltic context a chronology of events would have beenhelpful. This excellent book is highly recommended for anyone seeking greater insight into the end of the Cold War and the demise of the USSR.
