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Kalniete's book "Song to Kill a Giant: Latvian Revolution and the Soviet Empire’s Fall" published in English

BC, Riga, 02.10.2013.Print version
European Parliament Member (MEP) Sandra Kalniete's book about the Latvian Popular Front movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s called "Song to Kill a Giant: Latvian Revolution and the Soviet Empire’s Fall" has been published in English.

As LETA was informed by Kalniete's assistant Martins Spravniks, the book is available as an e-book on on-line book retailers such as ''Amazon'', ''Apple'' and ''Google''. The book is translated to the English language by American-Latvian journalist Karlis Streips, and published with support from the European People's Party.

 

Kalniete points out that she is "pleased that the story of Latvia's drive towards the restoration of independence will now be available in the English language to all historians, political scientists and students."

 

In the book, Kalniete writes about the processes which took place during Latvia's drive for independence. The book also tells about the creation of the Latvian Popular Front and the Supreme Council elections.






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