Publication

2010 - Rodopi, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Language

English

Word Count

96,500 words, Guess

Page Count

386 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveyearthatchangede00liek
  • ISBN-109042027622
  • ISBN-109042027630
  • ISBN-139789042027626
  • ISBN-139789042027633
and 5 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010294747
  • OCLC Control Number497573718
  • Better World Books9789042027633
  • Better World Books9789042027626
  • Open LibraryOL27096625M

Classifications

  • DDC947.9
  • LCCDK505.93 .L54 2010

Alternate Titles

  • Ninteen thirty-nine
  • Year that changed everything in Lithuania's history

Description

"This gripping and well-documented account of the history of the town of Vilnius and its surrounding region from the Polish ultimatum of March 1938, which forced Lithuania to open diplomatic relations with Poland, to the incorporation of Lithuania into the Soviet Union in June 1940 is set against the evolution of Lithuania's relations with her neighbours during this crucial period. It is a major contribution to the outbreak of war in September 1939 and the subsequent evolution of Nazi Soviet relations. Prof. Liekis presents a remarkable history based on archival sources never before utilized in any English-language study. In revealing the geopolitical, ideological, economic, social and ethnic dimensions of an immense tragedy in the heart of Europe, the author provides a new perspective on the unraveling of a society and nation during the initial days of World War II as prelude to the most violent period in European history."--Publisher's description.

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