Table of Contents

List of Maps Preface Europe's Last Pagans Lithuania's Expansion and Medieval Livonia (1290-1560) The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Rise of Sweden and Russia (1560-1795) The Long Nineteenth Century Under Tsarist Rule (1795-1917) The Short Era of Independence (1917-1939) Between Hammer and Anvil (1939-1953) Soviet Rule (1953-1991) Return to the West (1991-2016) Chronology Further Reading Index.

About the Author

Andres Kasekamp is Professor of Baltic Politics at the University of Tartu, Estonia. He has served as the editor of Journal of Baltic Studies. His previous publications include The Radical Right in Interwar Estonia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2000).