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Title Small powers in the age of total war, 1900-1940 / edited by Herman Amersfoort, Wim Klinkert
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 372 pages)
Series History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; v. 65
History of warfare ; v. 65.
Contents Introduction : small states in a big world / H. Amersfoort and W. Klinkert -- 'Too good to be true?' : European hopes for neutrality before 1914 / M.M. Abbenhuis -- Neutral tones : the Netherlands and Switzerland and their interpretations of neutrality, 1914-1918 / P. Moeyes -- Fall K. German offensive plans against the Netherlands 1916-1918 / W. Klinkert -- German war plans against Denmark, 1916-1918 / C. Paulin -- The development of the air defence of Copenhagen / M.H. Clemmesen -- The debate on Denmark's defence, 1900-1940 / K. Galster -- Small nations under the gun : Europe, 1914-1940 / W. Murray -- The German army in the interwar years / M. Strohn -- Between passeisme and modernisation? : the case of the Belgian fortification system, 1926-1940 / J. Vaesen -- Give us back our field army! : the Dutch army leadership and the operational planning during the interwar years / Herman Amersfoort -- Neutrality guard or preparations for war? : the Norwegian armed forces and the coming of the Second World War / T. Kristiansen -- The development of the Swiss army's combat methods after the First World War / M.M. Olsansky -- Strategic dilemmas of a small power with colonial empire : the Netherlands East Indies, 1936-1941 / A.C. Tjepkema
Summary In the period 1900-1940 the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and Switzerland reacted in divergent ways to the same foreign military threats. This volume argues that their internal politics and politico-military strategic culture are vital keys to understanding those differences
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-361) and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Neutrality -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
Neutrality, Armed -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 -- Europe
World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Military policy
Neutrality
Neutrality, Armed
SUBJECT Europe -- History, Military -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045723
Netherlands -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century
Belgium -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century
Denmark -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century
Norway -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century
Switzerland -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century
Netherlands -- Military policy -- 20th century
Subject Belgium
Denmark
Europe
Netherlands
Norway
Switzerland
Genre/Form History
Military history
Form Electronic book
Author Amersfoort, H. (Hermanus), 1951-
Klinkert, W
ISBN 9789004204331
9004204334
1283121050
9781283121057