Book Review: War, Revolution, and Nation-Making in Lithuania, 1914–1923 (2018), by Tomas Balkelis

“The history of the Lithuanian nation is one often punctuated by war and acts of violence. The story of how the nation comes into being in the face of such adversity routinely takes place amidst such settings. However, this book, described modestly by its author “as an attempt at a social history of war” (p. 8), inverts that narrative, exploring the question of whether the modern Lithuanian nation emerged not in spite of war and violence, but because of it…“

Read the full review in Forschungen zur baltischen Geschichte 15 (2020):