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1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Series |
New approaches to international history |
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New approaches to international history.
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| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editor Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Scope, approach and content; Problem and key terms: What makes a certain power great and a particular state small? And what actually is neutrality?; Chapter 2: Comparing Neutralities: Neutral Allies, Immoral Pariahs? Scandinavian Neutrality and Great Power Politics; Chapter 3: Royal Diplomacy: Three Kings Posturing? Royal Diplomacy and Scandinavian Neutrality in the First World War; Introduction; Setting stages: Malmö in December 1914; Actors: Three kings, no queens |
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Audience: The drama unfoldingConclusions: Royal diplomacy in Scandinavia as part of the European 'world-theatre'; Chapter 4: Activism and Politics: Activism, Diplomacy, and Swedish-German Relations during the First World War; Chapter 5: Intellectuals and War in Scandinavia and Beyond: 'The Whole World is Ruled by Schadenfreude': Georg Brandes's War; Chapter 6: State, Empire, and Revolution: Russia and Finland in the First World War: Thoughts on the Vanishing of a Grand Duchy in History and Memory; Myth, memory, and history; The grand duchy in Russian imperial policy |
| Summary |
This study is among the first works in English to comprehensively address the Scandinavian First World War experience in the larger international context of the war. It surveys the complex relationship between the belligerent great powers and Northern Europe's neutral small states in times of crisis and war. The book's overreaching rationale draws upon three underlying conceptual fields: neutrality and international law, hegemony and great power politics as well as diplomacy and policy-making of small states in the international arena. From a variety of angles, it examines the question of how neutrality was understood and perceived, negotiated and dealt with both among the Scandinavian states and the belligerent major powers, especially Britain, Germany and Russia. For a long time, the experience of neutral countries during the First World War was seen as marginal, and was overshadowed by the experiences of occupation and collaboration brought about by the Second World War. In this book, Jonas demonstrates how this perception has changed, with neutrality becoming an integral part of the multiple narratives of the First World War. It is an important contribution to the international history of the First World War, cultural-historically influenced approaches to diplomatic history and the growing area of neutrality studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 14, 2019) |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Scandinavia
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Neutrality -- Scandinavia -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Diplomatic relations
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Neutrality
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| SUBJECT |
Scandinavia -- Foreign relations -- History -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Scandinavia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781350046375 |
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135004637X |
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