Antanas Smetona and his Lithuania : from the national liberation movement to an authoritarian regime (1893-1940) /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eidintas, A. (Alfonsas)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Lithuanian
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2015.
Colección:On the boundary of two worlds ; 42.
Temas:
Smetona, Antanas, > 1874-1944.
Smetona, Antanas, > 1874-1944
1918-1945
Presidents > Lithuania > Biography.
Présidents > Lituanie > Biographies.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
HISTORY > Europe > Former Soviet Republics.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Diplomatic relations
Politics and government
Presidents
Lithuania > Politics and government > 1918-1945.
Lithuania > Foreign relations > 1918-1940.
Lituanie > Politique et gouvernement > 1918-1945.
Lituanie > Relations extérieures > 1918-1945.
Lithuania
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Translator's preface
  • The most important dates of Smetana's rule and of events discussed in this book
  • List of figures
  • Abbreviations used in the text and in the notes
  • Introduction
  • The pupil Antanas Smetona and the teacher Jonas Jablonskis
  • With Father Juozas Tumas-Vaizgantas at Viltis
  • Petras Klimas between Smetona and Steponas Kairys
  • Smetona and the Lithuanian monarchists
  • Smetana's conflict with Juozas Gabrys-Parsaitis
  • Baron Stasys Silingas and the president
  • "The man of greatest compromisen : Emestas Galvanauskas and Smetona
  • Jonas Lapenas and the tautininkai : why the LTS did not become a party
  • Antanas Smetona and foreign diplomats
  • Smetona and Izidorius Tamosaitis : the justification of the coup
  • His wife Sofija Chodakauskaite-Smetoniene
  • The Smetona-Voldemaras tandem
  • The split with Voldemaras
  • Smetana's daily routine
  • The ideologist Izidorius Tamosaitis
  • Tumas-Vaizgantas, the priests, and the church
  • The creation of national culture, Vincas Kreve and the president
  • Lithuania's Poles and Smetana, "King of the Jews"
  • Smetana, Adolf Hitler, and the nazis
  • Smetana's in-laws : Juozas Tubelis and Jadvyga Chodakauskaite
  • A quick succession of prime ministers in crisis
  • The intriguer : Stasys Rastikis, the army and the president
  • Antanas Merkys, broken and apathetic
  • With general Musteikis and into the diplomatic "swamp"
  • Povilas Zadeikis and Smetana in America
  • The fates of Smetana's family and friends
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index.

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