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The Case for Latvia
Book cover
AuthorJukka Rislakki
Original titleTapaus Latvia
TranslatorRichard Impola
Cover artistBenita Plezere
LanguageEnglish
SeriesOn The Boundary of Two Worlds
PublisherRodopi
Publication date2008
Publication placeFinland Finland
Pages296
ISBN9789042024243

The Case for Latvia. Disinformation Campaigns Against a Small Nation. Fourteen Hard Questions and Straight Answers about a Baltic Country is the complete title of a non-fictional book on the history of Latvia by the Finnish author Jukka Rislakki. The book was first published 2007 in the Finnish language with the title "Tapaus Latvia. Pieni kansakunta disinformaatiokampanjan kohteena.", and has since then also been published in the Latvian language with the title: "Maldināšana: Latvijas gadījums". The Finnish version was translated to English by Richard Impola and published by the Rodopi publishing house 2008.

The cover image is of a drawing by eleven-year old Benita Plezere, who was deported on 25 May 1949 from a farmhouse in Latvia to Siberia, together with her family. During their travel and in exile she made postcard drawings of their experiences, that she mailed to her Grandmother in Latvia. The drawing now belongs to the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia.

Contents

Prologue

  • Misinformation, disinformation?

Questions and Answers

  1. Are minorities, especially the Russians, discriminated against in Latvia? Is it very difficult for them to become citizens? Do they have political rights?
  2. Are the Russians denied the right to use their language in Latvian society and in the schools?
  3. Were the Baltic lands a small, underdeveloped province in a far corner of Europe, to which Germans, Swedes, Poles, and Russians brought religion, culture, and well-being and where no prerequisites for independence existed?
  4. Did the Latvian Reds help Lenin seize power in Russia? Did they help murder the Russian royal family?
  5. Was Latvia granted independence as a present? Was the War of Independence an exaggerated myth? Was it a series of minor skirmishes that the Latvians were able to win with foreign help?
  6. Why did the Latvians not resist the Soviet Army's taking over their country in 1940? Did the people carry out an anti-bourgeois anti-fascist revolution, after which Latvia joined the Soviet Union legally, by means of election?
  7. Did Latvians murder their Jews in 1941? How anti-Semitic is and was Latvia?
  8. 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?
  9. Did the Soviet Union occupy Latvia? Were the Latvians victims of genocide?
  10. Did the Latvians succumb to Soviet power, cooperate with the Communist authorities, and start their independence movement only after the Lithuanians and Estonians had begun theirs?
  11. Has Latvia always belonged to Russia and benefited from it? Is it a strategically indispensable area for Russia?
  12. Shouldn't Latvia be grateful for factories, houses, schools, roads, and harbors built during the Soviet era? Shouldn't she pay compensation as well?
  13. Has Latvia been unwilling to establish good relations with neighboring Russia? Does Latvia champion an intransigent, hostile line toward Russia in the European Union, and did she decline a border agreement with Russia? Does she demand that Russia hand over some border areas to her?
  14. 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?

Back of the Book

  • Acknowledgements: How and Why This Book Came to Be
  • Basic Facts about Latvia
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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