Lithuania : the rebel nation /: the rebel nation. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: V. Stanley Vardys and Judith B. Sedaitis.
• Other Names: Vardys, Vytas Stanley, 1924-1993; Sedaitis, Judith B
• 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. 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. 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. 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (257 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 947/.5; HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern; HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics; HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Lithuania -- History; Lituanie -- Histoire; Lithuania; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429978791; 0429978790; 9780429499166; 0429499167; 9780429967719; 0429967713; 9780429989872; 0429989873
• Related ISBNs: 9780813318394; 9780813383088; 0813383080; 0813318394
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.