Defending Neutrality - The Netherlands Prepares for War, 1900-1925

Defending Neutrality analyses the broad spectrum of war preparation of a small neutral state, The Netherlands, before, during and after the First World War. It deals with the role of neutral states close to the front and with the internal technological, military and societal developments within that state to ensure its survival.

About the author

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).

Product details

• Authors: Wim Klinkert
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2013
• EAN: 9789004227477
• ISBN: 978-90-04-22747-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 244 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 771 g
• Series: History of warfare
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945)