| Guarded Neutrality: Diplomacy and Internment in the Netherlands During the First World War Contributor(s): Wolf (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004209913 ISBN-13: 9789004209916 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $155.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I - History | Europe - General - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 940.325 |
| LCCN: 2013005995 |
| Series: History of Warfare (Brill) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.5" (1.05 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |