Belarus The Last European Dictatorship

""CONTENTS""; ""ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART A Belarus: A History of Crossroads""; ""POLATSK""; ""LITVA""; ""RUTHENIA""; ""UNIATE-LAND""; ""BELARUS BEGINS""; ""BELARUS BEGINS AGAIN: THE TRAUMATIC TWENTIETH CENTURY""; ""PART B Independent Belarus""; ""THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY""; ""POLITICS EITHER SIDE OF INDEPENDENCE, 1989�1994""; ""BUILDING AUTHORITARIANISM: LUKASHENKA�S FIRST TERM""; ""BUILDING AN AUTHORITARIAN STATE: LUKASHENKA�S SECOND TERM""; ""THE THIRD TERM: THE EDIFICE CRUMBLES""; ""THE MYTH OF THE BELARUSIAN ECONOMIC MIRACLE"". CONCLUSIONS: WHY LUKASHENKA?APPENDIX: THE BELARUSIAN ECONOMY SINCE INDEPENDENCE

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