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From Resistance Movement to Civil War: Why Violence Escalated in Lithuania but not in Moldova during Soviet Annexation (1944–1952)

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This article compares resistance movements along the western borderlands of the Soviet Union between 1944 and 1952. Despite similar levels of state repression and local grievances, Moldova’s opposition movement did not escalate to the level of civil war, whereas civil wars emerged across the Baltic states, Belarus, and Ukraine. Through theory development and testing, the article compares Lithuania and Moldova, identifying the role of previous regime behaviour, the speed of Soviet takeover, and the availability of safe havens within Moldova and Lithuania as the key causal factors explaining the difference.

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  • Carter Johnson, 2020. "From Resistance Movement to Civil War: Why Violence Escalated in Lithuania but not in Moldova during Soviet Annexation (1944–1952)," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 72(7), pages 1232-1256, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:72:y:2020:i:7:p:1232-1256
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2020.1764911
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