Diplomats Without a Country: Baltic Diplomacy, International Law, and the Cold War

by James T. McHugh

Diplomats representing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania continued to perform their functions even after annexation of their countries by the Soviet Union in 1940 and the subsequent elimination of their respective governments. Throughout the Cold War, certain Western nations, including the United States, continued to grant recognition to these diplomats without countries. These aging diplomats persisted in this anomalous situation until the ultimate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313318786
• ISBN13: 9780313318788
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.6"