| Description |
1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Westview series on the post-Soviet republics |
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Westview series on the post-Soviet republics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Illustrations; Preface; 1 At the European Crossroads: Lithuania's Historical Roots; The Land; The People; Birth of a Nation; Geopolitics and Independence; Notes; 2 A Taste of Independence, 1918-1940; Problems of Heritage: Foreign and Domestic; Democracy: Multiparty Assembly Model; The Era of Authoritarian Rule; Lithuanian Communism; Minorities in Politics and Society; Economic Development, 1920-1930; Notes; 3 Foreign Rule: Invasion from the East; Stalin, Hitler, and Lithuania; The Synthetic Revolution and Annexation |
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The Insurrection and the Nazi RetrenchmentStalin Returns to Lithuania; The Politics of Communism; Politics and Economy; Politics and Society; Notes; 4 Resistance, Survival, and Reform; The Partisan War; The Dissident Movement; The Struggle for Cultural Survival; Glasnost' Comes to Lithuania; The Emergence of Civil Society and Saudis; The Lithuanian Freedom League; Yedinstvo: The Russian and Polish Minorities; The Catholic Church; Notes; 5 S[omitted]j[omitted] dis and the Party: The March Toward Independence; The Reformers Rally the Masses; The Party Fights Back |
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The Confrontation and the Fal lof Party LeadersThe Honeymoon and the Break; Damage Control by Brazauskas and the Rise of Landsbergis; The Struggle Intensifies: The Electoral Battlefield; The Electoral Lesson: The Party Cooperates; The Dialectics of Declaring Independence; The Communists Divorce Moscow; The Declaration of Independence; Notes; 6 Between the Kremlin and the West: Securing Independence; The Kremlin's Response; Western Powers Between Gorbachev and Lithuania; Reaffirmation of the Goals of Independence and Democracy; Notes; 7 New Beginnings: The Politics of Transition |
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Politics: The Lithuanian SyndromeThe New President: Brazauskas Returns as Chief Executive; Prospects for the Future: The Economy; A New Constitution and a nEmergin gGovernment Structure, ; Civil Society Takes Shape; Geopolitics and the Post-Communist Future; Which Way: Democracy or Its Facade?; Notes; Selected Bibliography; About the Book and Authors; Index |
| Notes |
"First published 1997 by Westview Press"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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| SUBJECT |
Lithuania -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077625
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| Subject |
Lithuania
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sedaitis, Judith B.
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| ISBN |
9780429978791 |
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0429978790 |
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9780429499166 |
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0429499167 |
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9780429967719 |
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0429967713 |
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9780429989872 |
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0429989873 |
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