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Makers of Modern World Subscription: Piip, Meierovics & Voldemaras: The Baltic States (Makers of the Modern World)
Charlotte Alston
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Hardcover. The US politician Herbert Hoover described Russia as Banquo's ghost' at the Paris Peace Conference, an invisible but influential presence, and nowhere can this be more clearly seen than in the deliberations over the Baltic States. This title deals with the Baltic States. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1DVUC; 1DVUE; 1DVUF; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Conflict on the borders of the Russian Empire, whatever the complexion of the government controlling it, has been a constant feature of the past 90 years, most recently with Russia's brief war with Georgia in August 2008. In 1919, as the smaller nations on Russia's borders sought self-determination while the Civil War raged between the Whites and the Bolsheviks, the Paris Peace Conference struggled with a situation complicated by mutually exclusive aims. The Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were seen by both the Russians and the Western Allies as a protective buffer for their own territory, which led ... Read more
Conflict on the borders of the Russian Empire, whatever the complexion of the government controlling it, has been a constant feature of the past 90 years, most recently with Russia's brief war with Georgia in August 2008. In 1919, as the smaller nations on Russia's borders sought self-determination while the Civil War raged between the Whites and the Bolsheviks, the Paris Peace Conference struggled with a situation complicated by mutually exclusive aims. The Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were seen by both the Russians and the Western Allies as a protective buffer for their own territory, which led ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Series
Makers of the Modern World
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905791712
SKU
V9781905791712
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About Charlotte Alston
Dr Charlotte Alston is Lecturer in History in the School of History and International Affairs at Ulster University. Her interests are in international history between 1890 and 1945, media history, and the history of Russia and Eastern Europe, particularly relations between Russia/Eastern Europe and the West. Her publications include Russia's Greatest Enemy? Harold Williams and the Russian Revolutions (2007), and ... Read more
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