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The article analyses the former prospects of armed resistance to Soviet occupation in 1940. It discusses Plan "R" of the Lithuanian Armed Forces prepared for the case of a military conflict with the USSR. The article reveals the positions in which the Lithuanian Armed Forces were planning to confront the enemy from the east and southeast. It provides theoretical insights on the likely level of resistance to the Soviet occupation, the directions and pace at which military actions could have taken place.

The article analyses the former prospects of armed resistance to Soviet occupation in 1940. It discusses Plan "R" of the Lithuanian Armed Forces prepared for the case of a military conflict with the USSR. The article reveals the positions in which the Lithuanian Armed Forces were planning to confront the enemy from the east and southeast. It provides theoretical insights on the likely level of resistance to the Soviet occupation, the directions and pace at which military actions could have taken place.

Toutes les armées éprouvent le besoin de disposer de textes susceptibles d'inspirer et d'orienter les comportements ; il en est ainsi des puissances majeures que sont l'Allemagne, les États-Unis, la France, le Royaume-Uni et même en son temps l'Union soviétique. Une étude comparative des textes de chacune de ces armées est particulièrement éclairante. Au-delà des diversités de forme, elle révèle une véritable exception américaine dans la prééminence de la victoire absolue, au détriment d'une notion récurrente chez les Européens, celle de la maîtrise de la violence.

The main three objectives are: to explore the most prevailing leadership theories starting from the second half of the twentieth century until today, which are widely used in the military; to make a deeper analysis of the leadership conception of the Lithuanian Armed Forces in between the First and the Second World Wars, specifically in the forth decade; to compare with which modern leadership theory/ies the above mentioned concept could be associated.

The main three objectives are: to explore the most prevailing leadership theories starting from the second half of the twentieth century until today, which are widely used in the military; to make a deeper analysis of the leadership conception of the Lithuanian Armed Forces in between the First and the Second World Wars, specifically in the forth decade; to compare with which modern leadership theory/ies the above mentioned concept could be associated.

The main three objectives are: to explore the most prevailing leadership theories starting from the second half of the twentieth century until today, which are widely used in the military; to make a deeper analysis of the leadership conception of the Lithuanian Armed Forces in between the First and the Second World Wars, specifically in the forth decade; to compare with which modern leadership theory/ies the above mentioned concept could be associated.

The main three objectives are: to explore the most prevailing leadership theories starting from the second half of the twentieth century until today, which are widely used in the military; to make a deeper analysis of the leadership conception of the Lithuanian Armed Forces in between the First and the Second World Wars, specifically in the forth decade; to compare with which modern leadership theory/ies the above mentioned concept could be associated.

The article aims to reveal how the changing international environment, Lithuania's membership in NATO and the reform of its National Defense System influence the development of the Lithuanian military and to what extent the latter corresponds to the general trends in the development of the militaries in NATO countries. In the first part, the Charles C. Moscos model of the transformation of the society and the military from modern to postmodern which is applied in the comparative analysis of the development of the armed forces in Western democracies is presented. This part deals with the trends in changes of the armed forces of NATO countries in the period after the Cold War and collapse of the communist system. In the second part of the article, variables of the Moscos model are used as a theoretical basis to discuss the trends in the changes of the Lithuanian military. Attempts are also made to determine the extent to which the changes in the Lithuanian armed forces correspond to similar processes in the old NATO countries and what problems Lithuania faces having become a member of NATO.

The article aims to reveal how the changing international environment, Lithuania's membership in NATO and the reform of its National Defense System influence the development of the Lithuanian military and to what extent the latter corresponds to the general trends in the development of the militaries in NATO countries. In the first part, the Charles C. Moscos model of the transformation of the society and the military from modern to postmodern which is applied in the comparative analysis of the development of the armed forces in Western democracies is presented. This part deals with the trends in changes of the armed forces of NATO countries in the period after the Cold War and collapse of the communist system. In the second part of the article, variables of the Moscos model are used as a theoretical basis to discuss the trends in the changes of the Lithuanian military. Attempts are also made to determine the extent to which the changes in the Lithuanian armed forces correspond to similar processes in the old NATO countries and what problems Lithuania faces having become a member of NATO.