‘Forest Brothers’ And The Consequences Of Metropole-Periphery Distinction Elimination In The ‘Correlates Of War’ Typology

Gediminas Vitkus

Journal of Baltic Studies, 2012, vol. 43, issue 4, 515-527

Abstract: Referring to the recent publication of the Correlates of War Project data guide, the article emphasizes certain inaccuracies of the description of the Forest Brethren War of 1945–1951 in the Baltic states (intra-state war #723). First, the article explains why the opponent of the USSR in this war, i.e. Baltic guerrillas, has been labeled inaccurately. Second, it explains why the data guide is not correct to consider 8 May 1945 as the beginning of the war. Last but not least, it clarifies why the modification (i.e. elimination of metropole-periphery distinction) of the original war typology has caused improper description of this type of war as ‘civil war for local issues’.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2012.710388

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