Table of Contents

Westview Series on the Post-Soviet Republics -- Preface -- About the Book and Author -- At the European Crossroads:Lithuania's Historical Roots -- A Taste of Independence, 1918-1940 -- Foreign Rule:Invasion from the East -- Resistance, Survival, and Reform -- Sąjūdis and the Party: The March Toward Independence -- Between the Kremlin and the West: Securing Independence -- New Beginnings: The Politics of Transition

About the Author

The late V. Stanley Vardys was professor of political science at the University of Oklahoma. Judith B. Sedaitis is research associate with the centre for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University. The late V. Stanley Vardys was professor of political science at the University of Oklahoma. Judith B. Sedaitis is research associate with the centre for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University. The late V. Stanley Vardys was professor of political science at the University of Oklahoma. Judith B. Sedaitis is research associate with the centre for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University.