Lithuania - independent again

Titel: Lithuania - independent again : the autobiography of Vytautas Landsbergis ; prepared for an English-speaking audience / by Anthony Packer and Eimutis Šova
Verfasser:
Veröffentlicht: Seattle : Univ. of Washington Pr., 2000
Umfang: XII,388 S.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
RVK-Notation:
ISBN: 0295979593
Lokale Klassifikation: 2 L 1271 ; 45 7 Q ; 45 7 V ; 45 7 Vp
  • List of illustrations
  • p. vi
  • Editor's preface
  • p. vii
  • Map of Lithuania
  • p. xii
  • 1
  • Introductory
  • p. 1
  • 2
  • The night that stirred the world's conscience
  • p. 6
  • 3
  • My parents
  • p. 17
  • 4
  • When my grandparents were young
  • p. 29
  • 5
  • Debussy and despair
  • p. 38
  • 6
  • The power of music
  • p. 55
  • 7
  • Ciurlionis
  • p. 67
  • 8
  • Grazina and the deportees
  • p. 78
  • 9
  • The origins of Sajudis
  • p. 89
  • 10
  • Banknotes in umbrellas
  • p. 109
  • 11
  • True and false deputies
  • p. 126
  • 12
  • Between the steps of the Kremlin and the Baltic Way
  • p. 139
  • 13
  • An independent nation once again!
  • p. 153
  • 14
  • The storms of March and the struggle for control
  • p. 176
  • 15
  • Gorbachev and the difficult path to negotiation
  • p. 193
  • 16
  • Moratorium: a waiting strategy
  • p. 214
  • 17
  • The terror and the victory
  • p. 235
  • 18
  • 1992: the burden of independence
  • p. 307
  • 19
  • Epilogue, but not the end!
  • p. 344
  • Appendix
  • A brief history of Lithuania
  • p. 353
  • Index
  • p. 378