| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 209 pages) |
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History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; v. 86 |
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History of warfare ; v. 86, 1385-7827
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| Contents |
Guarded Neutrality ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; Introduction ; Neutrality in a Time of 'Total War' ; 1. A Neutral Country; Internment and the Neutral State ; 2. The Netherlands in World War One; July 1914 ; 3. The First Few Weeks: Applying the Rules in Practice; The First Internment Camp |
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The Sinking of HMS Cressy, HMS Hogue and HMS Aboukir The Fall of Antwerp ; Information Office of the Dutch Red Cross and the Belgian Information Office; 4. Administering Military Internment: The Camps; The Belgian Camps ; The British Camps ; The German Camp ; Urk, Wierickerschans and Vlissingen ; Conditions in the Camps ; Food and Clothing |
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The Uprising at Internment Camp Zeist 5. The Middle Years of the War; Consolidation; Numbers ; Welfare and Education Committees ; Officers' Parole ; Employment and Work Groups ; Savings Fund ; Camp Groningen ̃1916 ; Camp Bergen ̃1916 ; Escapes ; 6. 1917: Deserters, Politics and Religion; Internment Costs |
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German Deserters Political Activity ; Movement of Families ; Religion ; 7. Internment in a Neutral Country: The Arrival of the Prisoners of War; Background to POW Exchanges ; The Hague Treaty of July 1917 ; Internment of the POWs ; 8. Going Home; The Savings and Canteen Funds ; Conclusion |
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Appendix I Dutch Cabinet 1913-1919 Appendix II Foreign Representatives in the Netherlands 1914-1918; Appendix III List of Internment Camps ; Further Reading ; Bibliography ; Index |
| Summary |
The internment of approximately 50,000 foreign troops in the Netherlands, provided an important showcase for the Dutch Government to demonstrate its neutral stance and its impartiality towards the all of the belligerents |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Netherlands
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Neutrality -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Diplomatic history
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Dutch
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Political refugees -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century
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Prisoners of war -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War I.
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Diplomatic history
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Neutrality
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Political refugees
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Prisoners of war
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Netherlands
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004249066 |
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9004249060 |
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1299711561 |
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9781299711563 |
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