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Description:The 20th century in the Baltic region had it all. The turbulent century did not spare the small territory and its population, which was visited by practically every calamity the modern era had to offer. At westward edge of the Russian Empire, the region was subjected to the harsh Russification drive of the late imperial era. With diverse religions and nationalities and its geographic buffer between the Empire and the German Reich, it was also the crucible of key battles during and mass refugee crises following World War I. In the interwar period, the rise of the independent Baltic States precipitated myriad political experiments and population politics together with constant maneuvering to preserve their fragile and ultimately short-lived sovereignty. World War II ushered in a period of unprecedented extremes with waves of brutal occupations, deportations, the Holocaust, the subjection of the territory to the communist experiment, and ultimately, the decimation of state sovereignty for the next four decades.The almost unavoidable outcome of this course of events has been the focus on the region from the point of view of the large powers that sought to dominate and shape it. The rather limited number of foreign scholars who command Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian, fortified this orientation in the writing of the history of the region. The present volume seeks to shift the attention to the local point of view through the writing of Baltic scholars. By no means a comprehensive expose, the essays nevertheless explore key junctures in the history of the three Baltic countries as viewed “from within,” both then and now.Table of ContentsIntroduction: War, Revolution, and Governance: The Baltic Countries in the Twentieth CenturyLazar Fleishman and Amir WeinerFrom Self-Defense to Revolution: Lithuanian Paramilitary Groups in 1918 and 1919Tomas BalkelisThe Latvian War of Independence 1918-1920 and the United StatesĒriks JēkabsonsNation-Building and Gender Issues in Inter-War Latvia: Representations and RealityIneta LipšaThe Political System and Ideology of Karlis Ulmanis’s Authoritarian Regime, 15 May 1934 – 17 June 1940Aivars StrangaThe Rise of the Radical Right, the Demise of Democracy, and the Advent of Authoritarianism in Interwar EstoniaAndres KasekampThe Czechoslovak Crisis and the Baltic States, 1938: A Fateful Year for the Baltic StatesMagnus IlmjärvGovernment, Society, and Political Crisis in Lithuania, 1938-1940Artūras SvarauskasLatvia, Nazi German Occupation, and the Western Allies, 1941–1945Uldis NeiburgsMemory of World War II and the Politics of Recognition: An Outline of the Post-1989 Mnemohistory of Estonian “Freedom-Fighters”Ene KõresaarDiscrediting the Diaspora: The KGB Search for War Criminals in the WestKristina BurinskaitėAfter Stalin: The Kremlin’s “New Nationalities Policy” and Estonia in 1953Tōnu TannbergDoubly Marginalized People: The Hidden Stories of Estonian Society (1940-1960)Aigi Rahi-TammWomen in the Soviet Latvian Nomenklatura (1940–1990)Daina BleiereThe Communist Party Second Secretary in the Soviet Republic as the Interpreter of Moscow’s Decisions: The Case of Nikolai Belukha in Soviet Latvia in 1963-1978Saulius GrybkauskasWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with War, Revolution, and Governance: The Baltic Countries in the Twentieth Century. To get started finding War, Revolution, and Governance: The Baltic Countries in the Twentieth Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 318

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Release: 2018

ISBN: 1618116207

Description: The 20th century in the Baltic region had it all. The turbulent century did not spare the small territory and its population, which was visited by practically every calamity the modern era had to offer. At westward edge of the Russian Empire, the region was subjected to the harsh Russification drive of the late imperial era. With diverse religions and nationalities and its geographic buffer between the Empire and the German Reich, it was also the crucible of key battles during and mass refugee crises following World War I. In the interwar period, the rise of the independent Baltic States precipitated myriad political experiments and population politics together with constant maneuvering to preserve their fragile and ultimately short-lived sovereignty. World War II ushered in a period of unprecedented extremes with waves of brutal occupations, deportations, the Holocaust, the subjection of the territory to the communist experiment, and ultimately, the decimation of state sovereignty for the next four decades.The almost unavoidable outcome of this course of events has been the focus on the region from the point of view of the large powers that sought to dominate and shape it. The rather limited number of foreign scholars who command Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian, fortified this orientation in the writing of the history of the region. The present volume seeks to shift the attention to the local point of view through the writing of Baltic scholars. By no means a comprehensive expose, the essays nevertheless explore key junctures in the history of the three Baltic countries as viewed “from within,” both then and now.Table of ContentsIntroduction: War, Revolution, and Governance: The Baltic Countries in the Twentieth CenturyLazar Fleishman and Amir WeinerFrom Self-Defense to Revolution: Lithuanian Paramilitary Groups in 1918 and 1919Tomas BalkelisThe Latvian War of Independence 1918-1920 and the United StatesĒriks JēkabsonsNation-Building and Gender Issues in Inter-War Latvia: Representations and RealityIneta LipšaThe Political System and Ideology of Karlis Ulmanis’s Authoritarian Regime, 15 May 1934 – 17 June 1940Aivars StrangaThe Rise of the Radical Right, the Demise of Democracy, and the Advent of Authoritarianism in Interwar EstoniaAndres KasekampThe Czechoslovak Crisis and the Baltic States, 1938: A Fateful Year for the Baltic StatesMagnus IlmjärvGovernment, Society, and Political Crisis in Lithuania, 1938-1940Artūras SvarauskasLatvia, Nazi German Occupation, and the Western Allies, 1941–1945Uldis NeiburgsMemory of World War II and the Politics of Recognition: An Outline of the Post-1989 Mnemohistory of Estonian “Freedom-Fighters”Ene KõresaarDiscrediting the Diaspora: The KGB Search for War Criminals in the WestKristina BurinskaitėAfter Stalin: The Kremlin’s “New Nationalities Policy” and Estonia in 1953Tōnu TannbergDoubly Marginalized People: The Hidden Stories of Estonian Society (1940-1960)Aigi Rahi-TammWomen in the Soviet Latvian Nomenklatura (1940–1990)Daina BleiereThe Communist Party Second Secretary in the Soviet Republic as the Interpreter of Moscow’s Decisions: The Case of Nikolai Belukha in Soviet Latvia in 1963-1978Saulius GrybkauskasWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with War, Revolution, and Governance: The Baltic Countries in the Twentieth Century. To get started finding War, Revolution, and Governance: The Baltic Countries in the Twentieth Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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