| Description |
1 online resource (300 pages) |
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History of Warfare |
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History of warfare.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction; 1. Belgium and World War I; The Size of the Army Before World War I; The Language Issue to World War I; Deployment Controversies before World War I; The Belgian Army in World War I; The German Occupation of Belgium; Belgium and the Peace Settlement; 2. Belgium Looks for Allies; 3. Belgian Defense Policy to the Great Depression; The Main Actors in Defense Policy; The Reduction of the Belgian Army; Plans for Defense Against a Threatening Germany; General Galet; The Language Issue between 1918 and 1932; The Depression and the Belgian Military |
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4. The Devèze YearsThe Chasseurs ardennais; The Budget Controversy; Raoul van Overstraeten; Devèze v. Nuyten; Franco-Belgian Staff Talks; The Motorization of the Cavalry Corps; The Debates over Coverage and Service Time; The Reoccupation of the Rhineland; 5. The 1936 Mixed Commission; The Language Issue from the Mixed Commission to the War; Other Commissions; 6. 'Independence' and its Origins; 7. The Belgian Army to May 10, 1940; The Development and Assessment of the Belgian Military; Fortifications from 1938 to 1940; Defense Against Aircraft; The Sudeten Crisis and the Pied de Paix Renforcé |
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New Mobilization Plans8. Belgium to May 10, 1940; Diplomacy; Belgium and the Netherlands; Mobilization; Belgian Military Intelligence and Alerts; 9. The "Eighteen-Days Campaign"; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Jonathan Andrew Epstein's Belgium's Dilemma: The Formation of Belgian Defense Policy, 1932-1940 is a study of the policy makers, debates, and decisions that impacted the Belgian army in the years before World War II |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Belgium. Armée -- History -- 20th century
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Belgium. Armée fast |
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Neutrality, Armed -- Belgium -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Military policy
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Military readiness
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Neutrality, Armed
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Militärpolitik
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Belgium -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century
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Belgium -- Defenses -- History -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Belgium
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Belgien
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004269736 |
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9004269738 |
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