Liberals and nationalism: E. H. Carr, Walter Lippmann and the Baltic States from 1918 to 1944

Kaarel Piirimäe

Journal of Baltic Studies, 2017, vol. 48, issue 2, 183-203

Abstract: The Baltic states were among the ‘new’ states that were created after the First World War; they were the only states to lose their sovereignty during the Second World War. Most historians explain the birth and demise of the Baltic states in terms of their relative strength vis-à-vis the great powers. This article places the short-lived independence of the Baltic states into the perspective of intellectual history by focusing on two Western thinkers: E. H. Carr and Walter Lippmann. The analysis assumes that ideas matter in international politics. It adds to our understanding of the forces that led to the creation and later to the extinction of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in the period of the two world wars.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2016.1233892

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