Ruud van Dijk

Vincent Kuitenbrouwer

Samuël Kruizinga

Rimko van der Maar

This book seeks to launch a new research agenda for the historiography of Dutch foreign relations during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It does so in two important ways. First, it broadens the analytical perspective to include a variety of non-state actors beyond politicians and diplomats. Second, it focuses on the transnational connections that shaped the foreign relations of the Netherlands, emphasizing the effects of (post-) colonialism and internationalism. Furthermore, this essay collection highlights not only the key roles played by Dutch actors on the international scene, but also serves as an important point of comparison for the activities of their counterparts in other small states.

A Small Country on the Global Scene

Shaping the International Relations of the Netherlands, 1815-2000

Johan den Hertog

The essays in this collection cover not only multiple countries, but also multiple aspects of the concept of neutrality: political, economic, cultural and legal. These case studies have led to a re-evaluation of the notion of neutrality, and the role of neutrals, during the First World War, making this collection of great value to all scholars of neutrality, the history of individual neutral countries, and of the war itself.

Neutrals, Neutrality, and the First World War

Caught in the Middle

Lodewijk Petram

In ‘ De oorlog tegemoet’ volgen Lodewijk Petram en Samuël Kruizinga op meeslepende wijze enkele van de Nederlandse strijders – voor, tijdens en na de Spaanse Burgeroorlog (1936-1939). Zij vertellen over de motivatie van de strijders, de kille ontvangst die hun bij terugkeer wachtte en hun moeizame weg naar eerherstel, en leggen zo bloot hoe Nederland in de cruciale jaren voor mei 1940 worstelde met zijn identiteit en positie in Europa, waar de politieke spanningen het kookpunt naderden.

Nederlanders en de strijd om Spanje (1936-1939)

De oorlog tegemoet

Samuël Kruizinga

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