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== Reception == |
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The Latvian language version of The Case for Latvia was reviewed by the ]. The review comments on some of the points given in the book: "The analyses also helps to understand, why the small and militarily weak Latvia in different surveys, for so long has been looked upon as Russia's enemy number one",<ref name=Delfi1>{{Cite web |url=http://www.delfi.lv/kultura/news/books/juka-rislaki-maldinasana-latvijas-gadijums.d?id=22390394 |title=Juka Rislaki 'Maldināšana: Latvijas gadījums' |publisher='']'' |language=Latvian |date=13 November 2008 |accessdate=24 June 2017 |quote=''Analīze palīdz arī izprast, kāpēc mazā un militāri vājā Latvija dažādās aptaujās tik ilgi bijusi Krievijas ienaidnieks numur viens.''}}</ref> and:"The Case for Latvia is mainly written for readers in the USA, even though Latvian readers may find new and interesting news".<ref name=Delfi2>{{Cite web |url=http://www.delfi.lv/kultura/news/books/juka-rislaki-maldinasana-latvijas-gadijums.d?id=22390394 |title=Juka Rislaki 'Maldināšana: Latvijas gadījums' |publisher='']'' |language=Latvian |date=13 November 2008 |accessdate=24 June 2017 |quote=''"Maldināšana: Latvijas gadījums" sarakstīts, galvenokārt domājot par lasītājiem ASV, tomēr arī latviešu lasītāji atradīs jaunas un interesantas ziņas.''}}</ref> |
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The Latvian language version of The Case for Latvia was reviewed by the ]. The review comments on some of the points given in the book: "The analyses also helps to understand, why the small and militarily weak Latvia in different surveys, for so long has been looked upon as Russia's enemy number one",<ref name=Delfi1>{{Cite web |url=http://www.delfi.lv/kultura/news/books/juka-rislaki-maldinasana-latvijas-gadijums.d?id=22390394 |title=Juka Rislaki 'Maldināšana: Latvijas gadījums' |publisher='']'' |language=Latvian |date=13 November 2008 |accessdate=24 June 2017 |quote=''Analīze palīdz arī izprast, kāpēc mazā un militāri vājā Latvija dažādās aptaujās tik ilgi bijusi Krievijas ienaidnieks numur viens.''}}</ref> and:"The Case for Latvia is mainly written for readers in the USA, even though Latvian readers may find new and interesting news".<ref name=Delfi2>{{Cite web |url=http://www.delfi.lv/kultura/news/books/juka-rislaki-maldinasana-latvijas-gadijums.d?id=22390394 |title=Juka Rislaki 'Maldināšana: Latvijas gadījums' |publisher='']'' |language=Latvian |date=13 November 2008 |accessdate=24 June 2017 |quote=''"Maldināšana: Latvijas gadījums" sarakstīts, galvenokārt domājot par lasītājiem ASV, tomēr arī latviešu lasītāji atradīs jaunas un interesantas ziņas.''}}</ref> |
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== Contents == |
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=== Prologue === |
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* Misinformation, disinformation? |
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=== Questions and Answers === |
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# Are minorities, especially the ], discriminated against in Latvia? Is it very difficult for them to become citizens? Do they have political rights? |
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# Are the Russians denied the right to use their language in Latvian society and in the schools? |
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# Were the ] a small, underdeveloped province in a far corner of Europe, to which ], ], ], and Russians brought religion, culture, and well-being and where no prerequisites for independence existed? |
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# Did the Latvian Reds help ] seize power in Russia? Did they help murder the ]? |
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# Was Latvia granted independence as a present? Was the ] an exaggerated myth? Was it a series of minor skirmishes that the Latvians were able to win with foreign help? |
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# Why did the Latvians not resist the ]'s taking over their country in 1940? Did the people carry out an anti-bourgeois anti-fascist revolution, after which Latvia joined the ] legally, by means of election? |
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# Did Latvians murder their Jews in 1941? How anti-Semitic is and was Latvia? |
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# Why did tens of thousands of Latvian volunteers fight in the SS troops, and why are SS veterans still allowed to march on the streets of Riga instead of being brought to justice? |
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# Did the Soviet Union occupy Latvia? Were the Latvians victims of genocide? |
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# Did the Latvians succumb to Soviet power, cooperate with the Communist authorities, and start their independence movement only after the ] and ] had begun theirs? |
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# Has Latvia always belonged to Russia and benefited from it? Is it a strategically indispensable area for Russia? |
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# Shouldn't Latvia be grateful for factories, houses, schools, roads, and harbors built during the Soviet era? Shouldn't she pay compensation as well? |
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# Has Latvia been unwilling to establish good relations with neighboring Russia? Does Latvia champion an intransigent, hostile line toward Russia in the ], and did she decline a border agreement with Russia? Does she demand that Russia hand over some border areas to her? |
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# Have the new leaders of Latvia privatized state property for their own use and are they guilty of massive corruption while the majority of the people live in poverty? |
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=== Back of the Book === |
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* Acknowledgements: How and Why This Book Came to Be |
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* Basic Facts about Latvia |
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* Notes |
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* Bibliography |
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* Index |
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== References == |
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Book cover