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Acknowledgements
Prefaceby Piet de Rooij
Introduction: The War Knocked on Our Door, It Did Not Step Inside: The Netherlands and the Great War
Chapter 1: A Nation Too Small to Commit Great Stupidities: The Netherlands and Neutrality
Chapter 2: A Pack of Lions: The Dutch Armed Forces
Chapter 3: Api Api: The Mobilisation July-August 1914
Chapter 4: Calm Amidst the Raging Waves: Defending Territorial Neutrality
Chapter 5: Fugitives of War: Refugees and Internees
Chapter 6: Shifting Sand and Gravel: Military and Economic Neutrality
Chapter 7: Somewhere Between War and Peace: The States of War and Siege
Chapter 8: Ash-Grey with Neutrality: Safeguarding Neutrality in the State of Siege
Chapter 9: The War for Bread and Guns: Supply and the Fate of a Small Nation
Chapter 10: No More War! The Furore over Leave and Demobilisation
Chapter 11: This Dreary War: Expressions of Popular Frustration
Chapter 12: All Hell Has Broken Loose: The Year 1918
Conclusion: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: The Paradox of Neutrality
Appendices
Illustrations Credits
Notes
Bibliography
Index