Lithuania in European politics

• Acknowledgments
• p. ix

• Map of Lithuania
• p. x

• Introduction
• p. 1

• Chapter 1
• Restoration of the State
• p. 11

• Lithuanians We Are Born...

• World War I: The German Administration

• Lithuanian Political Activities: The Vilnius Conference of September 1917

• The Declaration of Independence of February 16, 1918

• Chapter 2
• The Nation Creates Its State
• p. 33

• The First Lithuanian Governments: Wars of Independence

• The Struggle with the Bermondtists: The Growing Conflict with the Poles

• Elections to the Constituent Assembly and the New Constitution

• Land Reform

• Introduction of a Lithuanian Currency: The Litas

• Political Parties during the Seimas Years

• The Coup d'Etat of December 1926

• Chapter 3
• The Return of Lithuania to the European Stage
• p. 59

• Lithuania's Geopolitical Situation and the Dimensions of Lithuanian Foreign Policy

• From Versailles to the Moscow Peace Treaty

• The Vilnius Dispute: The Zeligowski Coup

• The Vilnius Dispute: The Hymans Plan

• From Memel to Klaipeda

• The Incorporation of Klaipeda

• The Tangle of Lithuania's Baltic Policy

• Going Against the Tide: The Lithuanian-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

• Chapter 4
• The Presidential Republic
• p. 111

• Constitutional Changes

• Economic Development

• Internal Political Relations

• The Lithuanian Emigration

• The Generation of Independence

• Lithuania's Jewish and Polish Citizens

• Chapter 5
• The Era of Ultimatums
• p. 139

• The Voldemaras Years

• Lithuania and Poland: Relations at a Time of No Relations

• The Political Strategy of Stasys Lozoraitis: Independence First and Foremost

• March 17, 1938: War with Poland or a Polish Mission in Kaunas?

• Lithuania and Germany: From Stresemann to Hitler

• The Loss of Klaipeda

• The Policy of Neutrality: The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

• The Last Days of Independence

• Chapter 6
• Ultimatums, the President, and the Public
• p. 177

• Afterword: The Idea of a Lithuanian State, 1940-1990
• p. 187

• Soviet and Nazi Occupation, 1940-1945

• Lithuania under Soviet Rule, 1945-1988

• The Era of Reform and Restoration of Independence

• Appendices
• p. 199

• Governments of the Republic of Lithuania 1918-1940

• Important Dates in Early Lithuanian History

• Important Dates in Twentieth-Century Lithuanian History

• Notes
• p. 213

• Index of Personal and Place Names
• p. 243