Small powers in the age of total war, 1900-1940 /
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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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Colección: | History of warfare ;
v. 65. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : small states in a big world / H. Amersfoort and W. Klinkert
- 'Too good to be true?' : European hopes for neutrality before 1914 / M.M. Abbenhuis
- Neutral tones : the Netherlands and Switzerland and their interpretations of neutrality, 1914-1918 / P. Moeyes
- Fall K. German offensive plans against the Netherlands 1916-1918 / W. Klinkert
- German war plans against Denmark, 1916-1918 / C. Paulin
- The development of the air defence of Copenhagen / M.H. Clemmesen
- The debate on Denmark's defence, 1900-1940 / K. Galster
- Small nations under the gun : Europe, 1914-1940 / W. Murray
- The German army in the interwar years / M. Strohn
- Between passeisme and modernisation? : the case of the Belgian fortification system, 1926-1940 / J. Vaesen
- Give us back our field army! : the Dutch army leadership and the operational planning during the interwar years / Herman Amersfoort
- Neutrality guard or preparations for war? : the Norwegian armed forces and the coming of the Second World War / T. Kristiansen
- The development of the Swiss army's combat methods after the First World War / M.M. Olsansky
- Strategic dilemmas of a small power with colonial empire : the Netherlands East Indies, 1936-1941 / A.C. Tjepkema.