288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Lithuania restored her independence, after half a century of Soviet occupation, in the immediate aftermath of the failed Moscow coup in August 1991. As the multi-national Soviet state disintegrated, Lithuania evolved, without war or violence, from a communist state and a command economy to a liberal democracy, a free market, and a society guaranteeing human and minority rights. Lithuania therefore... Read more
Part I - Revival and Repression 1914-1985 1. Independent Lithuania between Wars 2. Sovietization 1940-1985 Part II - Independence and the Politics of Transition 1985 - 1999 3. The Achievement of Independence 1985-1991 4. Government and Politics in Independent Lithuania 5. The Lithuanian Economy after Independence 6. Lithuania's Foreign and National Security Policy
Biography
Thomas Lane, Department of European Studies, University of Bradford.
