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Author Abbenhuis, Maartje

Title The art of staying neutral : the Netherlands in the First World War, 1914-1918 / Maartje M. Abbenhuis
Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (423 pages) : illustrations, maps
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
Summary 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
Analysis Multi-User
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-403) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Netherlands
Neutrality -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century
Humanities.
History.
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
HISTORY -- General.
Neutrality
Politik
Neutralität
Weltkrieg 1914-1918
Eerste Wereldoorlog.
Neutraliteit.
SUBJECT Netherlands -- History -- Wilhelmina, 1898-1948. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091017
Subject Netherlands
Niederlande
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781429454162
1429454164
9789048503933
9048503930
9786610958221
661095822X