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Book Description: Routledge, 2002. Paperback. Book Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 640 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.50 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # 0415285801

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Book Description: Taylor and Francis(Routledge), 2002. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 9.213 by 6.142 inches. (704 pages) This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. Since the end of the Cod War there has been an increased interest in the Batics. The Batic States brings together three tites, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, to provide a comprehensive and anaytica guide integrating history, poitica science, economic deveopment and contemporary events into one account. Since gaining their independence, each country has deveoped at its own pace with its own agenda and facing its own obstaces. The authors examine the tensions accompanying a post-communist return to Europe after the ong years of separation and how each country has responded to the demands of becoming a modern European state. Estonia was the first of the former Soviet repubics to enter membership negotiations with the European Union in 1988 and is a potentia candidate for the next round of EU expansion in 2004. Lithuania and Latvia have aso expressed their desire for future membership of NATO and the EU. Part 1: Estonia 1. 'One Day There Wi Be an Estonian State.' 2. The Long Second Word War: Estonia under Occupation 1940-1991 3. Od Wine in New Bottes: The Poitics of Independence 4. 'The Litte Country that Coud.': Estonia's Economic Return to Europe 5. 'The Devi and the Deep Bue Sea.': Foreign Poicy Between East and West Part 2: Latvia 6. A Historica Introduction to Modern Latvia 7. Latvia's Poitics, 1987-1991: The Thorny Road Towards Independence 8. Latvia's Democracy Examined: 1991-1999 9. Latvia's Economy since 1991 10. The Foreign Poicy of Latvia 11. Concusions Part 3: Lithuania, Reviva and Repression 1914-1985 12. Independent Lithuania between Wars 13. Sovietization 1940-1985 Part 4: Lithuania, Independence and the Poitics of Transition 1985 - 1999 14. The Achievement of Independence 1985-1991 15. Government and Poitics in Independent Lithuania 16. The Lithuanian Economy after Independence 17. Lithuania's Foreign and Nationa Security Poicy David J. Smith is a ecturer in Contemporary History and Internationa Reations and a member of the Batic Research Unit at the Department of European Studies, University of Bradford, UK. Artis Pabriks is a ecturer at the University of Latvia and Vidzeme University Coege, Latvia and a frequent poitica anayst for Latvia's mass media. Adis Purs is a ecturer at Vidzeme University Coege, Latvia, having previousy compteted a Research Feowship at the Woddorwo Wison Centre for Internationa Studies, USA. Thomas Lane is a ecturer in European history and a member of the Batic Research Unit at the Department of European Studies, University of Bradford, UK. (Paperback). Bookseller Inventory # AG0415285801

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