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