The book includes many important insights and presents valuable testimonies of Estonian intellectuals in the early 2000s on establishing a new historical culture in independent Estonia. European History Quarterly
The main strength of Shadowlands is the careful construction of collective memories of the First Republic, World War II, and the Communist era, as articulated by Estonias historians [ It is] an important contribution to the study of memory and generations. Furthermore, it can provide guidance for scholars who base their research primarily on oral history documents. History: Reviews of New Books
The book presents an elegantly written synthesis of Estonian war and post-war history, which manages the biographical documents with great authority and convincingly conveys the complexity of post-Soviet historical narratives to a broader readership. Sehepunkte
a fascinating ride through Estonian post-war intellectual and cultural history, told through the personal narratives of historians of different age cohorts. Slavic Review
The book is an elegant synthesis of Estonian war and postwar history, which confidently deals with personal accounts and conveys to a broader readership the complexity of post-soviet historical narrative. Of interest especially for the informed reader is the critical assessment of the struggle for the interpretation of the national memory. Journal of East Central European Studies
The strength of this study lies in its rich contextualization of issues, ranging from the restrictive condition of Soviet history production to subversive cultural memory evident in Andrus Kivirahks work, with Wulfs life-story interviews that give us insights into these historians minds. Those readers who are curious about the contentious memory politics of contemporary Estonia should not miss this book. Slavonic and East European Review
Shadowlands is an engaging, thoroughly researched, and well-written analysis of the often highly charged debates over the interpretation of Estonias history in the post-Soviet era. The author has a sound and nuanced understanding of the literatures on memory and identity and uses these conceptual frameworks to very good effect. Richard C. M. Mole, University College London
This book addresses the important concepts of collective memory and national identity in a country whose history has made both of them highly contested and often traumatic. It does so in a highly original way, drawing on oral history interviews with Estonian intellectuals that add color, immediacy, and a human dimension. Patrick Salmon, British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
