Lithuania: The Rebel Nation / Edition 1

by V. Stanley Vardys, Judith Sedaitis, Mrs V Stanley Vardys

Overview

This book explores Lithuania's pagan ancestry and epochal struggles with Germanic and Russian states and examines Lithuania's struggle with the legacy of Soviet rule as it strives to establish democracy and economic prosperity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813318394
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	11/14/1996
Series:	Post-Soviet Republic Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

The late V. Stanley Vardys was professor of political science at the University of Oklahoma. Judith B. Sedaitis is research associate with the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University. The late V. Stanley Vardys was professor of political science at the University of Oklahoma. Judith B. Sedaitis is research associate with the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University. The late V. Stanley Vardys was professor of political science at the University of Oklahoma. Judith B. Sedaitis is research associate with the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University.

Table of Contents

Westview Series on the Post-Soviet Republics — Preface — About the Book and Author — At the European Crossroads:Lithuania's Historical Roots — A Taste of Independence, 1918-1940 — Foreign Rule:Invasion from the East — Resistance, Survival, and Reform — Sąjūdis and the Party: The March Toward Independence — Between the Kremlin and the West: Securing Independence — New Beginnings: The Politics of Transition