War, Revolution, and Nation-Making in Lithuania, 1914-1923

by Tomas Balkelis

In this book, Tomas Balkelis 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. As the very notion of independent Lithuania was constructed during the war, violence is seen as an essential part of the formation of Lithuanian state, nation, and identity. War was much more than simply the historical context in which the tectonic shift from empire to nation-state took...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199668027
• ISBN13: 9780199668021
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"