The art of staying neutral : the Netherlands in the First World War, 1914-1918 / Maartje M. Abbenhuis.

Offers a comprehensive and insightful account of the history of the Netherlands and its neutrality in the First World War, taking into account domestic and international implications.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Abbenhuis, Maartje
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2006]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the war knocked on our door, it did not step inside : the Netherlands and the Great War
  • A nation too small to commit great stupidities : the Netherlands and neutrality
  • A pack of lions : the Dutch armed forces
  • Api Api : the mobilisation July-August 1914
  • Calm amidst the raging waves : defending territorial neutrality
  • Fugitives of war : refugees and internees
  • Shifting sand and gravel : military and economic neutrality
  • Somewhere between war and peace : the states of war and siege
  • Ash-grey with neutrality : safeguarding neutrality in the state of siege
  • The war for bread and guns : supply and the fate of a small nation
  • No more war! : the furore over leave and demobilisation
  • This dreary war : expressions of popular frustration
  • All hell has broken loose : the year 1918
  • Conclusion : between the devil and the deep blue sea : the paradox of neutrality.