This revised and updated edition includes coverage of the following topics: states of Europe 1918-1940; building new states; the diplomacy of survival; the economics of survival; and the events that took place between 1940-1985.

Of all the Soviet Union's subject nationalities, the three Baltic republics, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, were the most determined and best organised in seizing the opportunities created by glasnost and perestroika to win freedom from Moscow's grip. At the time of first publication, in 1991, the final section of the book was speculative. Now for this revised edition, the authors have provided a new final chapter which brings the story up to date -- and the three republics to political independence again.

Part 1 Awakening: against the odds
war, revolution and independence. Part 2 States of Europe 1918-1940: building new states
the diplomacy of survival
the economics of survival
lives of the hunted. Part 3 Eclipse 1940-1985: casualties of war
Soviet winter. Part 4 Re-awakening: Baltic spring
planning to leave. Part 5 Conclusion: a European necessity - epilogue, March 1994.