Lithuania in European politics
Subtitle: the years of first republic, 1918-1940
By: Alfonsas Eidintas, Vytautas Žalys ; [introduction and afterword by Alfred Erich Senn] ; edited by Edvardas Tuskenis.
Contributors: Žalys, Vytautas.; Tuskenis, Edvardas.
Edition: 1st St. Martin's ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Lithuania -- History -- 1918-1945.
Description: At the start of the twentieth century, the term "Lithuanian" referred to a language in a region where there had once been a medieval state, but few people thought that this was of any relevance to the general affairs of Europe. Now, at the close of this century, the identity of Lithuania as its own nation stands well established, after many years of war and foreign domination.

Lithuania in European Politics illustrates the way in which Lithuanian national consciousness grew from a shared feeling of unstructured instincts to a firm sense of nationhood in the course of this century. The authors reveal how this tiny country was caught at the intersection of Europe's great powers, and how it was compelled to follow a foreign policy of survival.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-241) and index.