Lithuania in European politics: the years of the first republic, 1918-1940

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Acknowledgments -- Map of Lithuania -- Introduction -- 1. Restoration of the State. 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 -- 2. The Nation Creates Its State. 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 bind Reform. Introduction of a Lithuanian Currency: The Litas. Political Parties during the Seimas Years. The Coup dʼEtat of December 1926 -- 3. The Return of Lithuania to the European Stage. Lithuaniaʼs 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 Klaipėda. The Incorporation of Klaipėda. The Tangle of Lithuaniaʼs Baltic Policy. Going Against the Tide: The Lithuanian-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact -- 4. The Presidential Republic. Constitutional Changes. Economic Development. Internal Political Relations. The Lithuanian Emigration