The Case for Latvia: Disinformation Campaigns Against a Small Nation: Fourteen Hard Questions and Straight Answers About a Baltic Country (On the ... and Moral Imagination in the Baltics) - Softcover

Rislakki, Jukka

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ISBN 10: 9042024240 ISBN 13: 9789042024243

Publisher: Brill Rodopi, 2008

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"The best book written on Latvia by a foreigner: incisive, well-informed, and persuasive" - Edward Lucas, Senior Editor The Economist "Rislakki's consultants include some of the best US and Baltic scholars; consequently, his well-footnoted accounts are reliable ... Recommended." in: CHOICE, Vol. 46, No. 10, June 2009 "a spirited defense of Latvia ... [Rislakki has an] extensive knowledge of the language, the people and their history ... well written ... The book is important, as it can be taken as a starting point for discussions of how misinformation and disinformation are used to construct a coherent negative image of a country thus creating an instrument of power in a globalized and digitalized world. In many respects it is an eye-opener and quite scary that the reputation of a country and its inhabitants can be tainted with such ease." in: Journal of Baltic Studies, Vol. 40, No. 3, September 2009 "Rislakki is a real chronicler of history and also a live witness of events. This book is an excellent opportunity for a Western readership to get to know Latvia's history and present. ... Europa mus nesupratis [Europe will not understand us] - this is the main chorus of a popular song on Latvian Radio in 2004, which is the opening sentence of the book. Let us hope that this study will decrease this lack of understanding of Latvia among Europeans." in: Kulturos barai [Domains of Culture], the monthly journal of culture and art, Lithuania No. 11, 2008 "This book is an excellent study of how a country with a size of a flea became Russia's enemy number one. [--] Rislakki explains against the historical background the reasons for Russia's negative attitude. [--] This propaganda has sunk well in the international audience." - Sofi Oksanen, Finnish Novelist "A popular book taking up the country's defense is the Latvian translation of a review by a Finnish journalist of fourteen major questions that are prominent in Latvian-Russian relations (Rislakki 2008). It is widely perceived as a much needed and the best known defense to frequent Russian charges of discrimination and issues related to Latvian and Russian security" in: Problems of Post-Communism, May 2009, a paper by Gundar J. King and David E. McNabb "They [Rislakki's themes] show concretely, that knowing history, especially the history of 20th century and the debate about it, is indispensable for anybody wanting to understand todays controversies and problems of Latvia, as well as of Estonia and Lithuania." - Professor Seppo Zetterberg, University of Jyvaskyla "This book is an outstanding basic work for anybody interested in Latvia - or the Baltic countries in general." - Jarre Parkatti and Johanna Virkkula, Idantutkimus [Eastern Studies], 2008

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Rodopi
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9042024240
• ISBN 13: 9789042024243
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 295