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100 1 _aRislakki, Jukka.
245 1 4 _aThe case for Latvia :
_bdisinformation campaigns against a small nation : fourteen hard questions and straight answers about a Baltic country /
_cJukka Rislakki.
264 1 _aAmsterdam ;
_aNew York, NY :
_bRodopi,
_c2008.
300 _a1 online resource (295 pages) :
_billustrations.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _adata file
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380 _aBibliography
490 1 _aOn the boundary of two worlds ;
_v15
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _aPreliminary Material -- Misinformation, Disinformation? -- Are minorities, especially the Russians, discriminated against in Latvia? Is it very difficult for them to become citizens? Do they have political rights? -- Are the Russians denied the right to use their language in Latvian society and in the schools? -- Were the Baltic lands a small, underdeveloped province in a far corner of Europe, to which Germans, Swedes, Poles, and Russians brought religion, culture, and well-being and where no prerequisites for independence existed? -- Did the Latvian Reds help Lenin seize power in Russia?: Did they help to murder the Russian royal family? -- Was Latvia granted independence as a present? Was the War of Independence an exaggerated myth? Was it a series of minor skirmishes that the Latvians were able to win with foreign help? -- Why did the Latvians not resist the Soviet army’s taking over their country in 1940?: Did the people carry out an anti-bourgeois, anti-fascist revolution, after which Latvia joined the Soviet Union legally, by means of elections? -- Did Latvians murder their Jews in 1941?: How anti-Semitic is and was Latvia? -- Why did tens of thousands of Latvian volunteers fight in the SS troops, and why are SS veterans still allowed to march on the streets of Rīga instead of being brought to justice? -- Did the Soviet Union occupy Latvia?: Were the Latvians victims of genocide? -- Did the Latvians succumb to Soviet power, cooperate with the Communist authorities, and start their independence movement only after the Lithuanians and Estonians had begun theirs? -- Has Latvia always belonged to Russia and benefited from it? Is it a strategically indispensable area for Russia? -- Shouldn’t Latvia be grateful for factories, houses, schools, roads, and harbors built during the Soviet era? Shouldn’t she pay compensation as well? -- Has Latvia been unwilling to establish good relations with neighboring Russia? Does Latvia champion an intransigent, hostile line toward Russia in the European Union, and did she decline a border agreement with Russia? Does she demand that Russia hand over some border areas to her? -- Have the new leaders of Latvia privatized state property for their own use and are they guilty of massive corruption while the majority of the people live in poverty? -- Acknowledgements -- Basic Facts About Latvia -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
506 _aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520 _aWhat do we know about Latvia and the Latvians? A Baltic (not Balkan) nation that emerged from fifty years under the Soviet Union – interrupted by a brief but brutal Nazi-German occupation and a devastating war – now a member of the European Union and NATO. Yes, but what else? Relentless accusations keep appearing, especially in Russian media, often repeated in the West: “Latvian soldiers single-handedly saved Lenin’s revolution in 1917”, “Latvians killed Tsar Nikolai II and the Royal family”, “Latvia was a thoroughly anti-Semitic country and Latvians started killing Jews even before the Germans arrived in 1941”, “Nazi revival is rampant in today's Latvia”, “The Russian minority is persecuted in Latvia. . .” True, false or in-between? The Finnish journalist and author Jukka Rislakki examines charges like these and provides an outline of Latvia's recent history while attempting to separate documented historical fact from misinformation and deliberate disinformation. His analysis helps to explain why the Baltic States (population 7 million) consistently top the enemy lists in public opinion polls of Russia (143 million). His knowledge of the Baltic languages allows him to make use of local sources and up-to-date historical research. He is a former Baltic States correspondent for Finland's largest daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and the author of several books on Finnish and Latvian history. As a neutral, experienced and often critical observer, Rislakki is uniquely qualified for the task of separating truth from fiction.
650 0 _aInternational relations.
650 7 _aDiplomatic relations.
_2fast
650 7 _aInternational relations.
_2fast
650 7 _aPublic opinion.
_2fast
651 0 _aBaltic States
_xForeign relations.
651 0 _aLatvia
_xForeign public opinion.
651 0 _aLatvia
_xForeign relations
_zRussia (Federation)
651 0 _aLatvia
_xForeign relations.
651 7 _aBaltic States.
_2fast
651 7 _aLatvia.
_2fast
651 7 _aRussia (Federation)
_2fast
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aRislakki, Jukka.
_tCase for Latvia.
_dAmsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2008
_z9042024232
_z9789042024236
_w(OCoLC)233026199
830 0 _aOn the Boundary of Two Worlds
_v15.
830 0 _aRodopi European History and Culture Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357976.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789401206051
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_d29748