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Title: Caught in the Middle
Condition: New
EAN: 9789052603704
ISBN: 9789052603704
Publisher: Aksant Academic Publishers
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
Release Date: 04/03/2011
Item Height: 240mm
Item Length: 170mm
Item Weight: 354g
Author: Johan den Hertog, Samuel Kruizinga
Language: English
Subtitle: Neutrals, Neutrality and the First World War
Country/Region of Manufacture: NL
Genre: Law & Politics
Book Series: War, Conflict and Genocide Studies
ISBN-10: 9052603707
Topic: Social Sciences, History, Military History, Society & Culture
Release Year: 2011
Description: During the First World War, belligerents infringed on the rights and duties of neutrals, as these had been codified in international agreements. Both the Allies and the Central Powers pressured the neutrals to modify their policies to favour them over their adversaries. During the four-and-a-half years the war lasted, this pressure mounted until the neutrals were left with very little room to manoeuvre.More than fifty years ago, Nils Ørvik stated that this disregard for international law, combined with the relative weakness of the European neutrals, spelled the end of traditional political neutrality. Caught in the Middle discusses this thesis based on new research from Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Spain and the USA. The result is the first comparative study in English on First World War neutrality.The contributors cover not only several countries involved, but also multiple aspects of the concept of neutrality: political, economic, cultural and legal. They reassess the notion of neutrality and the role of neutrals during the First World War, making this collection of great value to all scholars of both neutrality, the history of individual neutral countries, and of the war itself.

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