Scandinavia and the Great Powers 1890-1940

Klappentext At the beginning of the twentieth century Scandinavia lay on the margin of European power politics! but with the polarisation of international relations in the era of the two world wars! Denmark! Finland! Norway and Sweden became the point where the spheres of influence of three great powers - Great Britain! Germany and Russia - intersected. In this book! Patrick Salmon uses his extensive research in British! German and Scandinavian archives to examine the position of the Nordic countries in the great-power rivalries and conflicts of the period 1890 1940. However! it does not treat the Nordic countries merely as passive victims. It seeks to show that! despite the disparity in strength between the great powers and the small states of northern Europe! the latter had means of adapting to great-power pressures and even influencing the policies of their formidable neighbours. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive study examines the changing position of the Nordic states in twentieth-century international relations. Focusing on their relations with Great Britain! Germany and Russia! Patrick Salmon examines the role Scandinavia played in the military plans and the economic policies of the great powers before and during the two world wars. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Definitions; Map; Introduction; 1. The end of isolation: Scandinavia and the modern world; 2. Scandinavia in European diplomacy 1899-1914; 3. The war of the future: Scandinavia in the strategic plans of the great powers; 4. Neutrality preserved: Scandinavia and the First World War; 5. The Nordic countries between the wars; 6. Confrontation and co-existence: Scandinavia and the great powers after the First World War; 7. Britain, Germany and the Nordic economies 1916-1936; 8. Power, ideology and markets: Great Britain, Germany and Scandinavia 1933-1939; 9. Scandinavia and the coming of the Second World War; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index....

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Salmon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.04.2002
• EAN: 9780521891028
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89102-8
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Print on demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Relations, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1700 To C 1800