The Baltic States : The Years of Independence: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, 1917-1940 Book

	Foreword to the First Paperback Edition
	Author's Introduction
	Author's Foreword to the English Language Edition
I	Historical Background
1	The Baltic Peoples	1
2	The Emergence of Nationalism	6
3	The First World War and the Russian Revolution	24
4	The German Occupation	39
5	The War of Liberation	49
6	The Peace Treaties	70
II	The Early Stages of Independence
1	Constitutions and National Emblems	76
2	Demographic Developments and Nationalities	81
3	Agrarian Reforms	87
4	The Political Parties	91
5	The Vilnius and Klaipeda (Memel) Questions	99
II	Baltic Politics in the 1920s
1	Federation Projects after 1920: the Latvian-Estonian Alliance	107
2	The Communist Putsch in Tallinn	111
3	Moscow's Policy on Lithuania	117
4	Developments in the Economy and Foreign Trade	123
5	Education and Culture	128
6	The Cultural Autonomy of the Minorities	135
V	New Developments in the 1930s
1	The Parliamentary Crisis	146
2	Authoritarian Democracy in Estonia and Latvia	154
3	The Lithuanian Presidential Regime	161
4	Development of the Baltic German Community	165
5	The International Status of the Baltic States from 1930 onwards	171
6	The Baltic Entente	180
V	The Baltic States and the two Great Power Blocs
1	Harbingers of the Storm	189
2	Guarantees and Spheres of Interest	199
3	The Attack on Baltic Sovereignty	217
4	Final Attempts to Re-establish Baltic Independence	227
VI	The Past and the Future	235
	App. A. Bibliography	242
	App. B. List of Presidents and Premiers	256
	App. C. Baltic Place-names and their Equivalents in German/International Usage	259
	Index	260