The Baltic revolution : Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the path to independence / Anatol Lieven

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 1993. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xlvii, 454 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The shape of the land -- Surviving the centuries -- Independence won and lost, 1918-40 -- The Troglodyte International: the Soviet impact on the Baltic -- Imagined nations: cycles of cultural rebirth -- Last Atlantises: the half-forgotten nationalities -- The Baltic Russians -- The independence movements and their successors, 1987-92 -- Building on ruins: the recreation of the new states -- Conclusion: the West and the Baltic States -- Appendix: Historical chronology, 3500 BC-1985 AD -- Appendix 2: Contemporary chronology 1985-92 -- Appendix 3: Baltic demography and geography -- Appendix 4: The Soviet Baltic economies on the eve of the national revolutions (1989-90) -- Appendix 5: Biographical guide to political figures, 1988-92. Subjects; Nationalism Baltic States. Baltic States History. Baltic States Politics and governmentBaltic States History, 1918-.