
The Unknown War
Anti-Soviet armed resistance in Lithuania and its legacies
Arunas Streikus(Editor)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 7. October 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
174 pages
978-1-032-18511-8 (ISBN)
Description
The armed anti-Soviet resistance movement which arose in the second half of 1944 in Lithuania, as Soviet forces began to reoccupy the Baltic countries and Galicia, sparking a nearly decade-long fierce military conflict, has yet to become established in the common narrative of contemporary European history. However, controversy regarding the nature of this `war after the war' and its legacies constitutes one of the core elements in the contemporary information warfare waged by Russia against its neighbouring countries. The origins of various distortions surrounding the story of the partisan war in the western borderlands of the Soviet Union can even be traced to the final stages of that war, when Soviet propaganda sought to discredit the campaign as a battle waged by criminal elements. In this example of a historical event charged with controversial memories and geopolitical connotations, a thorough academic approach is extraordinarily instrumental.
Responding to the growing need for historical research capable of providing international readers with the latest findings in the thematic field under question, six scholars from Vilnius University address the diverse aspects of this phenomenon as well as its role in the culture and politics of memory. Toward this end, this analysis - among the most comprehensive explorations of this history to date - is being released in both Lithuanian and English.
Responding to the growing need for historical research capable of providing international readers with the latest findings in the thematic field under question, six scholars from Vilnius University address the diverse aspects of this phenomenon as well as its role in the culture and politics of memory. Toward this end, this analysis - among the most comprehensive explorations of this history to date - is being released in both Lithuanian and English.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic
Illustrations
9 s/w Abbildungen, 8 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 1 s/w Zeichnung
1 Line drawings, black and white; 8 Halftones, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-18511-8 (9781032185118)
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Content
List of figures and tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Glossary of vernacular terms and abbreviations
Introduction
ARUNAS STREIKUS
Part One: A Strange Long War
1 Lithuanian Anti-Soviet Armed Resistance in the Context of 20th Century Partisan Wars
KESTUTIS GIRNIUS
2 Who Were the Lithuanian Partisans?
DAINIUS NOREIKA
3 Partisan Supporters: The Unseen Participants of the Resistance
ENRIKA KRIPIENE
Part Two: From a Memory War to a Heroic Narrative
4 The Memory of the Armed Anti-Soviet Resistance during the Cold War
MINGAILE JURKUTE
5 The Partisan War in Lithuanian Memory Culture after 1990
AISTE PETRAUSKIENE
6 Archaeology in the Study of the Anti-Soviet Lithuanian Partisan War
GINTAS VELIUS
Index
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Glossary of vernacular terms and abbreviations
Introduction
ARUNAS STREIKUS
Part One: A Strange Long War
1 Lithuanian Anti-Soviet Armed Resistance in the Context of 20th Century Partisan Wars
KESTUTIS GIRNIUS
2 Who Were the Lithuanian Partisans?
DAINIUS NOREIKA
3 Partisan Supporters: The Unseen Participants of the Resistance
ENRIKA KRIPIENE
Part Two: From a Memory War to a Heroic Narrative
4 The Memory of the Armed Anti-Soviet Resistance during the Cold War
MINGAILE JURKUTE
5 The Partisan War in Lithuanian Memory Culture after 1990
AISTE PETRAUSKIENE
6 Archaeology in the Study of the Anti-Soviet Lithuanian Partisan War
GINTAS VELIUS
Index