Format:
1 online resource (384 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789004204331
Series Statement:
History of Warfare Ser. v.65
Content:
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.
Content:
Intro -- Small Powers in the Age of Total War, 1900-1940 -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter One: Introduction. Small States in a Big World -- Chapter Two: 'Too Good to Be True?' European Hopes for Neutrality before 1914 -- Chapter Three: Neutral Tones. The Netherlands and Switzerland and Their Interpretations of Neutrality 1914-1918 -- Chapter Four: Fall K. German Offensive Plans Against the Netherlands 1916-1918 -- Chapter Five: German War Plans Against Denmark 1916-1918 -- Chapter Six: The Development of the Air Defence of Copenhagen -- Chapter Seven: The Debate on Denmark's Defence 1900-1940 -- Chapter Eight: Small Nations under the Gun. Europe 1914-1940 -- Chapter Nine: The German Army in the Interwar Years -- Chapter Ten: Between Passéisme and Modernisation? The Case of the Belgian Fortification System 1926-1940 -- Chapter Eleven: Give us Back our Field Army! The Dutch Army Leadership and the Operational Planning During the Interwar Years -- Chapter Twelve: Neutrality Guard or Preparations for War? The Norwegian Armed Forces and the Coming of the Second World War -- Chapter Thirteen: The Development of the Swiss Army's Combat Methods after the First World War -- Chapter Fourteen: Strategic Dilemmas of a Small Power with Colonial Empire. The Netherlands East Indies 1936-1941 -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Geographical Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004203211
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004203211
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=717539
