British Trade and Enterprise in the Baltic States, 1919-1925

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Analyses Anglo-Baltic [also touching on Soviet] political / economic relations, with a focus on business relations, at a time of international rivalry for influence in the region. The actual trade was minimal but the politico-economic significance was substantial. Chapters include: 'Britain's foreign policy in Europe from the Paris Peace Conference to the Locarno Treaties'; 'The Baltic area in British policy up to 1919'; 'British relations with the Baltic States in the 1920s'; 'The Eldorado of Russian Trade'; 'The collapse of the dream of Eldorado'; 'The outcome of commercial competition between Britain and Germany in the Baltic States'; 'Britain and the raw materials of the Baltic States' [notably timber]; 'British exporters and the Baltic States'; 'British presence in Baltic finance and industry'