The History of the Baltic States Ed 2
Kevin C. O'Connor Ph.D., "The History of the Baltic States Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 1610699157 | 2015 | 298 pages | PDF | 12 MB
English | ISBN: 1610699157 | 2015 | 298 pages | PDF | 12 MB
The Baltic States―Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania―were granted independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then, the three countries have struggled with sluggish economies, tensions with Russia, and government corruption. This extensively updated second edition of a well-regarded reference illuminates the events of the last decade, including the acceptance of all three nations into the European Union in 2004. Although it concentrates on the 20th and 21st centuries, the wide-ranging work covers major historical currents that have swept through Europe from the age of the Crusades through two world wars and into modern times.
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