Antanas Smetona and his Lithuania : from the national liberation movement to an authoritarian regime (1893-1940) / by Alfonsas Eidintas ; translated and edited by Alfred Erich Senn.

"Originally published as: Antanas Smetana ir jo aplinka, Vilnius : Mokslo ir enciklopedijos leidybos, 2012."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.