List of Maps and TablesPreface1 Europe’s Last Pagans2 Lithuania’s Expansion and Medieval Livonia (1290-1560)3 The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Rise of Sweden and Russia (1561-1795)4 The Long Nineteenth Century under Tsarist Rule (1795-1917)5 The Short Era of Independence (1917-1939)6 Between Hammer and Anvil (1939-1953)7 Soviet Rule (1953-1991)8 Return to the West (1991-2016)NotesChronologyPlace NamesFurther ReadingIndex