Table of Contents

Preface From Community of Power to Disintegration of World Order The Division of Eastern Europe into Spheres of Influence Repercussions of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact The Nazi Calamity in the Baltic States Breaches of International Treaty Obligations Diplomacy That Failed The Struggle for National Survival Religious Oppression The Demand for Repeal of the Secret Protocols Attempts to Restore Sovereignty Present Soviet Views on the Secret Protocols of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939 Present-Day Germany and the Secret Protocols Nonrecognition of the Incorporation of the Baltic States Conclusions Appendix Bibliography Conclusions Index

About the Author

IZIDORS VIZULIS, formerly professor of politics at Lewis University, is recipient of the Lasallian Award for Scholarly Achievements and author of Nations Under Duress--The Baltic States. Vizulis presently is a professor emeritus.