Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : small states in a big world / H. Amersfoort and W. Klinkert -- 'Too good to be true?' : European hopes for neutrality before 1914 / M.M. Abbenhuis -- Neutral tones : the Netherlands and Switzerland and their interpretations of neutrality, 1914-1918 / P. Moeyes -- Fall K. German offensive plans against the Netherlands 1916-1918 / W. Klinkert -- German war plans against Denmark, 1916-1918 / C. Paulin -- The development of the air defence of Copenhagen / M.H. Clemmesen -- The debate on Denmark's defence, 1900-1940 / K. Galster -- Small nations under the gun : Europe, 1914-1940 / W. Murray -- The German army in the interwar years / M. Strohn -- Between passeisme and modernisation? : the case of the Belgian fortification system , 1926-1940 / J. Vaesen -- Give us back our field army! : the Dutch army leadership and the operational planning during the interwar years / Herman Amersfoort -- Neutrality guard or preparations for war? : the Norwegian armed forces and the coming of the Second World War / T. Kristiansen -- The development of the Swiss army's combat methods after the First World War / M.M. Olsansky -- Strategic dilemmas of a small power with colonial empire : the Netherlands East Indies, 1936-1941 / A.C. Tjepkema.

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