The Baltic republics occupy a tiny niche on the map of Europe, but their future has global significance. Struggling to survive, Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians have unleashed a non-violent 'singing revolution' against the Russian empire to reestablish the independent statehood suppressed in 1940. This book analyzes these remarkable developments against the historical background of changing East-West relations and the upheavals triggered by perestroika and glasnost.
