Guarded Neutrality: Diplomacy and Internment in the Netherlands during the First World War
Susanne Wolf
Traditionally isolated from mainstream European affairs, in 1914 the Dutch had no major allegiances that bound them to any one side of the conflict. Geographically and economically caught between two of the major belligerents, Great Britain and Germany, the Netherlands was constantly vulnerable to attack from either side. In adopting a position of neutrality at the beginning of the war, the Dutch took a huge gamble. The internment of approximately 50,000 foreign troops in the Netherlands, some for almost the entire four years of the war, provided an important showcase for the Dutch Government to demonstrate its adherence to international law and its impartiality towards the all of the belligerents.
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Année:
2013
Editeur::
Brill Academic Publishers
Langue:
english
ISBN 10:
9004209913
ISBN 13:
9789004209916
Collection:
History of Warfare 86
Fichier:
PDF, 3.85 MB
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english, 2013