Small Powers in the Age of Total War, 1900-1940.
Title:
Small Powers in the Age of Total War, 1900-1940.
Author:
Amersfoort, Herman.
ISBN:
9789004204331
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (384 pages)
Series:
History of Warfare ; v.65
History of Warfare
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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