Guarded Neutrality -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Neutrality in a Time of 'Total War' -- 1. A Neutral Country -- Internment and the Neutral State -- 2. The Netherlands in World War One -- July 1914 -- 3. The First Few Weeks: Applying the Rules in Practice -- The First Internment Camp -- The Sinking of HMS Cressy, HMS Hogue and HMS Aboukir -- The Fall of Antwerp -- Information Office of the Dutch Red Cross and the Belgian Information Office -- 4. Administering Military Internment: The Camps -- The Belgian Camps -- The British Camps -- The German Camp -- Urk, Wierickerschans and Vlissingen -- Conditions in the Camps -- Food and Clothing -- The Uprising at Internment Camp Zeist -- 5. The Middle Years of the War -- Consolidation -- Numbers -- Welfare and Education Committees -- Officers' Parole -- Employment and Work Groups -- Savings Fund -- Camp Groningen ~ 1916 -- Camp Bergen ~ 1916 -- Escapes -- 6. 1917: Deserters, Politics and Religion -- Internment Costs -- German Deserters -- Political Activity -- Movement of Families -- Religion -- 7. Internment in a Neutral Country: The Arrival of the Prisoners of War -- Background to POW Exchanges -- The Hague Treaty of July 1917 -- Internment of the POWs -- 8. Going Home -- The Savings and Canteen Funds -- Conclusion -- Appendix I Dutch Cabinet 1913-1919 -- Appendix II Foreign Representatives in the Netherlands 1914-1918 -- Appendix III List of Internment Camps -- Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index.