Antanas Smetona and His Lithuania: From the National Liberation Movement to an Authoritarian Regime (1893-1940)BRILL, 25 серп. 2015 р. - 506 стор. This biographical overview of the life of Antanas Smetona (1874-1944), his importance in the Lithuanian national movement, his central role in the emergence of modern Lithuania (1918-1920), and the development of the various groups of nationalists in Lithuania, offers a picture of the creation of a national state in XXth century Europe. Twice the president of Lithuania (1919-20 and 1926-40), the authoritarian ruler of the state from 1926-1940, Smetona established his role as a capable and needed politician in Lithuania’s political life, a middle person between the political left and right. The study characterizes Smetona’s closest and most important associates, who helped him to formulate legislation for his model of presidential regime, the nationalistic ideology, and the development of national economy. Despite its authoritarian tendencies Smetona’s rule surprisingly continued to be for many Lithuanians a symbol of Lithuanian independence and national freedom through the years of Soviet occupation. |
Зміст
Introduction | 1 |
The Pupil Antanas Smetona and the Teacher Jonas Jablonskis | 13 |
With Father Juozas TumasVaižgantas at Viltis | 31 |
Petras Klimas Between Smetona and Steponas Kairys | 50 |
Smetona and the Lithuanian Monarchists | 77 |
Smetonas Conflict with Juozas GabrysParšaitis | 88 |
Baron Stasys Šilingas and the President | 94 |
The Man of Greatest Compromise Ernestas Galvanauskas and Smetona | 113 |
TumasVaižgantas the Priests and the Church | 246 |
The Creation of National Culture Vincas Krėvė and the President | 260 |
Lithuanias Poles and Smetona King of the Jews | 279 |
Smetona Adolf Hitler and the Nazis | 298 |
Smetonas InLaws Juozas Tūbelis and Jadvyga Chodakauskaitė | 306 |
A Quick Succession of Prime Ministers in Crisis | 318 |
The Intriguer Stasys Raštikis the Army and the President | 339 |
Antanas Merkys Broken and Apathetic | 361 |
Jonas Lapėnas and the Tautininkai Why the lts did not Become a Party | 132 |
Antanas Smetona and Foreign Diplomats | 142 |
Smetona and Izidorius Tamošaitis The Justification of the Coup | 154 |
His Wife Sofija ChodakauskaitėSmetonienė | 167 |
The SmetonaVoldemaras Tandem | 178 |
The Split with Voldemaras | 202 |
Smetonas Daily Routine | 216 |
The Ideologist Izidorius Tamošaitis | 226 |
With General Musteikis and into the Diplomatic Swamp | 385 |
Povilas Žadeikis and Smetona in America | 401 |
The Fates of Smetonas Family and Friends | 425 |
Conclusion | 438 |
Notes | 445 |
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