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The Art of Staying Neutral
Maartje M. Abbenhuis
其他書名
The Netherlands in the First World War, 1914-1918
出版
Amsterdam University Press
, 2006
主題
History / General
History / Europe / Western
History / Wars & Conflicts / World War I
History / World
History / Europe / Benelux Countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg)
ISBN
9053568182
9789053568187
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=lNlmAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The Art of Staying Neutral
offers a fascinating insight into the problems and challenges associated with neutrality in an age of 'total war'. It explains how the Netherlands upheld and protected its non-belligerency during the First World War despite constant interference from its warring neighbours.
Staying neutral was an artform that the Dutch managed to master through clever diplomacy, conscientious adherence to international laws, comprehensive mobilisation of its armed forces, regular patrols of its territorial boundaries, careful policing of its citizens, and a decisive measure of good fortune. The Art of Staying Neutral makes important contributions to the study of neutrality and the domestic history of the Netherlands in this seminal world event.