Andrejs Plakans

Synopsis: The Baltic region is frequently neglected in broader histories of Europe and its international significance can be obscured by separate treatments of the various Baltic states. With this wide-ranging survey, Andrejs Plakans presents the first integrated history of three Baltic peoples-Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians-and draws out the common threads to show how it has been shaped by their location in a strategically desirable corner...