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<p>The 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.</p>
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The 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.

The Attitude of the United States to the Baltic Region in 1918–1922: The Example of Latvia

TalTech Journal of European Studies

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The 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...

The Attitude of the United States to the Baltic Region in 1918–1922: The Example of Latvia

Published Online: May 26, 2021

Page range: 79 - 92

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2021-0006

Keywords
Baltic States, Latvia, Latvian War of Independence, recognition, Russian question, USA

© 2021 Ēriks Jēkabsons, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Attitude of the United States to the Baltic Region in 1918–1922: The Example of Latvia

Published Online: May 26, 2021

Page range: 79 - 92

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2021-0006

KeywordsBaltic States, Latvia, Latvian War of Independence, recognition, Russian question, USA

© 2021 Ēriks Jēkabsons, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Baltic States, Latvia, Latvian War of Independence, recognition, Russian question, USA