Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations x
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Foreword to the Second Edition xiii
6. Introduction xxxv
7. A Note on Names and Spellings xliii
8. 1 The Shape of the Land 1
9. 2 Surviving the Centuries 38
10. 3 Independence Won and Lost, 1918-40 54
11. 4 The Troglodyte International: The Soviet Impact on the Baltic 82
12. 5 Imagined Nations: Cycles of Cultural Rebirth 109
13. 6 Lost Atlantises: The Half-Forgotten Nationalities of the Baltic 131
14. 7 The Baltic Russians 174
15. 8 The Independence Movements and their Successors, 1987-92 214
16. 9 Building on Ruins: The Recreation of the New States 316
17. Conclusion: The West and the Baltic States 374
18. Notes 385
19. Index 446