Caught in the Middle
Johan den Hertog, Samuel Kruizinga
- Title
- The Art of Staying Neutral
- Subtitle
- The Netherlands in the First World War, 1914-1918
- Author
- Maartje Abbenhuis
- Price
- € 73,95 excl. VAT
- ISBN
- 9789053568187
- Format
- Paperback
- Number of pages
- 424
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 12 - 05 - 2006
- Dimensions
- 17 x 24 cm
- Open Access
- Download on Open Access Platform
- Discipline
- Social and Political Sciences
Table of Contents
List of Tables, Maps and Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface by Piet de Rooij
Introduction: The War Knocked on Our Door, It Did Not Step Inside: The Netherlands and the Great War
Chapter 1: A Nation Too Small to Commit Great Stupidities: The Netherlands and Neutrality
Chapter 2: A Pack of Lions: The Dutch Armed Forces
Chapter 3: Api Api: The Mobilisation July-August 1914
Chapter 4: Calm Amidst the Raging Waves: Defending Territorial Neutrality
Chapter 5: Fugitives of War: Refugees and Internees
Chapter 6: Shifting Sand and Gravel: Military and Economic Neutrality
Chapter 7: Somewhere Between War and Peace: The States of War and Siege
Chapter 8: Ash-Grey with Neutrality: Safeguarding Neutrality in the State of Siege
Chapter 9: The War for Bread and Guns: Supply and the Fate of a Small Nation
Chapter 10: No More War! The Furore over Leave and Demobilisation
Chapter 11: This Dreary War: Expressions of Popular Frustration
Chapter 12: All Hell Has Broken Loose: The Year 1918
Conclusion: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: The Paradox of Neutrality
Appendices
Illustrations Credits
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Maartje Abbenhuis
The Art of Staying Neutral
The Netherlands in the First World War, 1914-1918
The Art of Staying Neutral offers a fascinating insight into the problems and challenges associated with neutrality in an age of ‘total war’. It explains how the Netherlands upheld and protected its non-belligerency during the First World War despite constant interference from its warring neighbours.
Staying neutral was an artform that the Dutch managed to master through clever diplomacy, conscientious adherence to international laws, comprehensive mobilisation of its armed forces, regular patrols of its territorial boundaries, careful policing of its citizens, and a decisive measure of good fortune. The Art of Staying Neutral makes important contributions to the study of neutrality and the domestic history of the Netherlands in this seminal world event.
Staying neutral was an artform that the Dutch managed to master through clever diplomacy, conscientious adherence to international laws, comprehensive mobilisation of its armed forces, regular patrols of its territorial boundaries, careful policing of its citizens, and a decisive measure of good fortune. The Art of Staying Neutral makes important contributions to the study of neutrality and the domestic history of the Netherlands in this seminal world event.
Author
Maartje Abbenhuis
Dr. Maartje Abbenhuis is lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her research interests lie in the field of European neutrality studies as well as historical investigations of borderland theory.
