| Description |
xvi, 138 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Most essays were originally published in a volume by Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung under the title: Der Zweite Weltkrieg und die Schweiz. 1997. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Donald P. Hilty -- Prologue : Swiss history under scrutiny / Hugo Bütler -- Switzerland's foreign trade policy during World War II : successful perseverance of a besieged country / Hans Schaffner -- Neutrality and economic warfare / Klaus Urner -- The Swiss Army was ready : reasons Germany dropped "Operation Switzerland" / Hans Senn -- Who prolonged the Second World War? / Walther Hofer -- Neutral Switzerland, humanitarian Switzerland : a contradiction? / Hugo Bütler -- Contested Swiss neutrality / Dietrich Schindler -- Switzerland, international law and World War II / Detlev F. Vagts -- Epilogue : summary view of Switzerland in World War II / Sigmund Widmer. |
| Language |
Most essays have been translated from German into English. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Switzerland.
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Neutrality -- Switzerland -- History -- 20th century.
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Jewish refugees -- Switzerland.
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Switzerland -- Economic policy.
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| Added Author |
Hilty, Donald P.
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| Spine Title |
Switzerland in World War Two |
| Added Title |
Zweite Weltkrieg und die Schweiz.
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| ISBN |
0897254473 hardcover : cover alkaline paper |
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