Intermarium. The Land between the Black and Baltic Seas

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Cover Contents Introduction Background Sources and Method Part I Intermarium: A Brief History 1 The Origins 2 Medieval Ruthenia and the Mongols 3 The Balts, the Germans, and the Poles 4 The Commonwealth 5 The Partitions 6 World War I and the Revolution 7 Interwar 8 World War II and the Liberation Part II The Armageddon and Its Aftermath (1939–1992) 9 An Overview 10 The First Soviet Occupation (1939–1941) 11 The Nazi Occupation (1941–1944) 12 The Second Soviet Occupation (1944–1992) 13 Transformation 14 The Liberation Part III Post-Soviet Continuities and Discontinuities: Domestic and Foreign Challenges 15 An Overview 16 Contemporary Politics 17 The Baltics 18 Southern and Central Intermarium 19 Lifting the “Velvet Curtain”: Geopolitics and Foreign Policy in the Intermarium 20 The Majorities and the Minorities Part IV Chain of Memory 21 An Overview 22 Landscapes and Impressions 23 False Consciousness 24 A Sample of Individual Recollections 25 National Stereotypes 26 Koniuchy: A Case Study Conclusion Appendix I The Death Toll in the Intermarium during theTwentieth Century (in millions) Appendix II Maps Bibliography Index