The  Baltic
Subtitle: a new history of the region and its people
By: Alan Palmer
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Woodstock, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
Subjects: Baltic Sea Region -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 412-428) and index
Table of contents: title: Sentinels above the sound; title: Peoples on the move; title: The viking east; title: Pagans and Piasts; title: Holy warriors and Hanse merchants; title: The rise and fall of Marienburg; title: Ships, pirates and adventurers; title: The Chimera of Kalmar; title: Muscovy and Wittenberg; title: Lion of the north; title: Nemesis at Poltava; title: Imperial Russia in the ascendant; title: Thunder from the south; title: Peaceful change?; title: Black, red and gold; title: Bombarding Bomarsund; title: Finns, Poles and Danes; title: Towards democracy; title: National pride; title: The last years of the long peace; title: Emperors at war, 1914-17; title: Revolution and independence; title: Nine nations and a free city; title: Hitler's challenge; title: Nazi-Soviet partnership; title: Nazi-Soviet war; title: Tragedy of victory; title: Baltic way