The Baltic States - a reference book

Häftad bok.

Utgiven av Estonian, Latvian & Lithuanian Encyclopedia Publishers. Tryckt i Tallinn 1991. Häftad. 268 sid. Innehåller en mängd fakta om de baltiska republikerna. Baksidestext:It seems like yesterday that we Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians shared the darkness behind the Iron Curtain with the Czechs and the Slovaks, the Poles, the East Germans and other fellow prisoners of the Soviet empire. But suddenly, windows were opened, walls were coming down, and they are now back in the real world. For us, too, windows have opened, but the walls are still standing, the occupation army is still all around us. For us, the Hitler-Stalin pact, though long recognized as illegal, is still in force. For us, the Second World War has not ended - yet. But our voices are- being heard now, our controlled but determined struggle is being brought to the attention of international bodies. As member nations of the League of Nations we are convinced that the principles of freedom, self-determination and human rights laid down in the charter of its successor, the United Nations, are equally valid for us. While we are gathering new knowledge and making preparations for our entry into the real world, we would like you, whether you be a tourist, a businessman, a politician or a journalist - to be well-informed about us. This book has been compiled for you by the publishers of the Estonian, the Latvian and the Lithuanian encyclopaedias. We hope that your questions about us - where we come from, who we are, what we can do - will be answered here, and that you may wish to visit our very own countries soon.