Of all the Soviet Union's subject nationalities, the three Baltic republics, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, were the most determined and best organised in seizing the opportunities created by glasnost and perestroika to win freedom from Moscow's grip.
At the time of first publication, in 1991, the final section of the book was speculative. Now for this revised edition, the authors have provided a new final chapter which brings the story up to date -- and the three republics to political independence again.

Introduction; Part 1 Awakening; Chapter 1 Against the Odds; Chapter 2 War, Revolution and Independence; Part 2 States of Europe 1918âEUR"40; Chapter 3 Building New States; Chapter 4 The Diplomacy of Survival; Chapter 5 The Economics of Survival; Chapter 6 Lives of the Hunted; Part 3 Eclipse 1940âEUR"85; Chapter 7 Casualties of War; Chapter 8 Soviet Winter; Part 4 Reawakening; Chapter 9 Baltic Spring; Chapter 10 Planning to Leave; Part 5 Conclusion; Chapter 11 Independence and After (March 1994);