Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania : Country Studies

Provides an overview of the history, Soviet legacy, and post-Soviet development of the Baltic states, whose first modern period of independence (1918-40) was a casualty of the 1939 Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact. Describes the quest of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania for self-determination, their struggle to reestablish independent statehood, and their attempts to cope with the political, economic, and social problems confronting them in the 1990s. Contents: physical environment; society; economy; government and politics; foreign relations; national security, and outlook.Iwaskiw, Walter R. is the author of 'Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania : Country Studies', published 1996 under ISBN 9780160611865 and ISBN 0160611865.