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1 online resource : 1 map |
| Series |
Greater war.
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Cover; War, Revolution, and Nation-Making in Lithuania, 1914â#x80;#x93;1923; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Introduction: Violence, Revolution, and Nation-Making; CONCEPTS, DEBATES, AND THEMES; A NOTE ON HISTORIOGRAPHY; 1: State Failure, Social Disaster, and Refugee Politics During the Great War; FIRST REACTIONS TO WAR AND MOBILIZATION; FIRST WAVE OF VIOLENCE; EXPULSIONS; DECEPTIVE STABILITY: GERMAN OCCUPATION; CONCLUSION; 2: Breaking from Isolation: War and Nation-Building; NATIONALIZING THE RELIEF; THE IMPACT OF THE REVOLUTION; THE EMERGENCE OF THE TARYBA; UNEASY COMPROMISE; THE ONSET OF CRISIS |
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CONCLUSION3: New War, New Mobilizations; LITHUANIANS; JEWS AND BELARUSIANS; POLES; GERMANS; THE FORMATION OF THE LITHUANIAN ARMY; THE ARRIVAL OF GERMAN VOLUNTEERS; CONCLUSION; 4: Two Visions of Lithuania: Revolution and the Advance of the Red Army; SOCIAL RADICALIZATION OF THE LITHUANIAN POPULATION; THE EMERGENCE OF THE LITHUANIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC; BOLSHEVIK LAND REFORM AND THE FOOD CRISIS; PROPAGANDA WAR: NATIVES VS. NON-NATIVES; CONCLUSION; 5: Multidirectional War and Paramilitarism; MULTIDIRECTIONAL WAR; PARAMILITARY BANDS; TERROR; CONCLUSION; 6: Home Front; BUILDING A NEW CAPITAL |
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THE RISE OF Å AULIAIPUTSCH OF THE POLISH MILITARY ORGANIZATION; RELATIONS WITH THE ARMY; THE REFORMIST CAMPAIGN; THE REVOLT OF SOLDIERS; CONCLUSION; 7: The Polishâ#x80;#x93;Lithuanian Conflict: â#x80;#x9C;A Dirty Warâ#x80;#x9D;; FROM TENSE COEXISTENCE TO FIRST CLASHES; THE IMPACT OF THE POLISHâ#x80;#x93;SOVIET WAR; Å»ELIGOWSKIâ#x80;#x99;S â#x80;#x9C;MUTINYâ#x80;#x9D;; â#x80;#x9C;DIRTY WARâ#x80;#x9D;; CONCLUSION; Epilogue: Peace or a Long-Term Crisis?; Bibliography; ARCHIVES; NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS; PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES; SECONDARY SOURCES; Index |
| Summary |
This book explores how the Lithuanian state was created and shaped by the Great War from its onset in 1914 to the last waves of violence in 1923. Tomas Balkelis investigates the effects of the war on the evolution of Lithuanian society by telling the stories of war veterans, volunteers, POWs, paramilitary fighters, and refugees |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nationalism -- Lithuania -- History -- 20th century
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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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Nationalism
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Lithuania -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87002671
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Lithuania -- History -- German occupation, 1915-1918.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077629
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Lithuania -- History -- War of Independence, 1918-1920.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95003417
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Lithuania
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191644856 |
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0191644854 |
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9780191801044 |
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0191801046 |
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