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Small Powers in the Age of Total War, 1900-1940
Author(s): Herman Amersfoort (Editor), Wim Klinkert
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: April 11, 2011
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 384 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004203214
- ISBN-13: 9789004203211
Book Description
Usually it is a foreign military threat or the geopolitical position of a country that attracts the most attention as a factor to explain the emergence of the national security policies of small, neutral powers like the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and Switzerland in the period 1900-1940. While these factors may explain the similarities between these small states, they fail to make clear why there were such great differences between them. The authors of this volume argue that the internal politics and the politico-military strategic cultures of the countries are vital keys to understanding their divergent reactions to similar, or at least comparable, foreign military threats: World War I and German expansionism in the second half of the 1930s.
The contributors are Maartje Abbenhuis, Michael Clemmesen, Kjeld Galster, Tom Kristiansen, Paul Moeyes, Williamson Murray, Michael Olsansky, Christian Paulin, Matthias Strohn, Anne Tjepkema, and Joost Vaessen.
The contributors are Maartje Abbenhuis, Michael Clemmesen, Kjeld Galster, Tom Kristiansen, Paul Moeyes, Williamson Murray, Michael Olsansky, Christian Paulin, Matthias Strohn, Anne Tjepkema, and Joost Vaessen.
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About the Author
Herman Amersfoort, Ph.D. (1988) in History, University of Leiden, is Professor of Military History at the Netherlands Defence Academy and at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on Dutch military history in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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.
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.
