Forest brothers : the account of an anti-Soviet Lithuanian freedom fighter, 1944-1948 / by Juozas Lukša ; translated and with an introduction by Laima Vincė.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daumantas, Juozas, 1921-1951.

Standardized Title:

Partizanai. English

Language:

English

Lithuanian

Subjects (All):

Daumantas, Juozas, 1921-1951.

Daumantas, Juozas.

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Lithuania.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Lithuanian.

Insurgency.

History.

Guerrillas.

Lithuania.

Guerrillas--Lithuania--Biography.

Lithuania--Politics and government--1918-1945.

Politics and government.

Insurgency--Lithuania--History--20th century.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- Lithuanian.

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

ix, 411 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2009.

Summary:

As the Soviet Union sought to incorporate Lithuania and the other Baltic states at the end of World War II, armed guerilla resistance broke out among Lithuanians resisting Soviet occupation that was to continue for nearly a decade. This is the memoir of one of those partisans, Juozas Luksa, written while the resistance was still ongoing, although Luksa was by then living in Paris and working with the American Central Intelligence Agency. In the memoirs, he describes his transformation from a student of architecture to guerilla fighter and details his military experiences, as well as the stories of battles and operations he heard described by others. Although a previous English edition of the memoirs--published in 1975 as Fighters for Freedom--exists, this is the first unabridged English edition. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789639776371

9639776378

OCLC:

264047394