Defending Neutrality

The Netherlands prepares for War, 1900-1925

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著者：
Wim Klinkert
The small neutral states of Europe have until now only marginally been included in the historiography of the First World War. This volume deals in depth with The Netherlands, and specifically its war preparations. Being a small country close to the battlefield of the Western Front, it could not be sure its neutrality would be repected by the warring states. How did the country prepare itself militarily and how did these preparations differ from the way the warring states adjusted to the reality of modern, total war? Was modern, technological warfare even possible for small states and if not, in what way could it ensure its survival when the worst came to worst? This volume analyses technological innovation, intelligence and ideas on the societal and political impact of modern warfare in The Netherlands before, during and after the Great War.
Copyright Year:
2013
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Publisher ISBN:
978-90-04-25250-9
Publication date:
28 Jun 2013
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Publisher ISBN:
978-90-04-22747-7
Publication date:
28 Jun 2013
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Preliminary Material
页码： i–vii
Introduction
页码： 1–12
1. The Netherlands Army, 1900–1914
页码： 13–64
2. “It Is an Engineers’ War”
Metal and Chemical Industry in the Service of the Military in the Netherlands, 1914–1925
页码： 65–129
3. “A Vital Interest of the First Order”
Military Aviation in the Netherlands, 1914–1920
页码： 131–163
4. “GSIII, Guardian of the State”
Spies and Informants in, for and against the Netherlands, 1914–1918
页码： 165–228
5. “The Destructive Power of the Present-Day Weapons”
The Lessons from World War I for the Military Debate in the Netherlands, 1918–1923
页码： 229–287
Conclusion
页码： 289–297
Glossary of Dutch Terms
页码： 299
Bibliography
页码： 301–308
Index
页码： 309–316
Illustrations
页码： 317–328
Wim Klinkert, Ph.D. (1992) in History, University of Leiden, is Associate Professor of Military History at the Netherlands Defence Academy and is professor of Military History at the University of Amsterdam. His publications focus on Dutch military history between 1870 and 1945 and include (co-edited with Herman Amersfoort) Small Powers in the Age of Total War, 1900-1940 (Brill, 2011).
List of Illustrations ... vii

Introduction... 1
1.The Netherlands Army, 1900-1914 ... 13
2.“It is an engineers’ war”.Metal and Chemical Industry in the Service of the Military in the Netherlands, 1914-1925 ... 65
3.“A vital interest of the first order”.Military Aviation in the Netherlands, 1914-1920 ... 131
4.“GSIII, Guardian of the state”.Spies and informants in, for and against the Netherlands, 1914-1918 ... 165
5.“The destructive power of the present-day weapons”.The Lessons from World War I for the Military Debate in the Netherlands, 1918-1923 ... 229
Conclusion... 289

Glossary of Dutch Terms ... 299
Bibliography... 301
Illustrations ... 309
Index ... 341
All interested in military history, especially of the early twentieth century and anyone interested in the role of small states and neutrality in the period of modern, technological warfare.
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出版社:
Brill
Language:
英语
Extent:
336 pp.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004252509

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