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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- © 2021 Ēriks Jēkabsons, published by Sciendo
- ISSN
- 2228-0596
- eISSN
- 2674-4619
- DOI
- 10.2478/bjes-2021-0006
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
AbstractThe article discusses the attitude of the USA towards the newborn independent Baltic States in 1918–1922 using the most devastated of them—Latvia—as an example. Relations between Latvia and the United States in 1918–1922 reflect Latvia’s intense foreign policy efforts to ensure its political and social development through relations with one of the world’s most influential and powerful economies in spite of the United States’ reserved behavior. In addition, this unique era in Latvia and the Baltic States as a whole (influenced by the Soviet Russian and German factors, war and its aftermath, and the ethnically diverse and complicated social situation) illustrates the specifics of US policy towards Eastern Europe and Russia.
Journal
Baltic Journal of European Studies – de Gruyter
Published: May 1, 2021
Keywords: Baltic States; Latvia; Latvian War of Independence; recognition; Russian question; USA