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"Beginning with the extraordinary rescript by Tsar Nicholas II in August 1898 calling the world's governments to a disarmament conference, this book charts the history of the two Hague peace conferences of 1899 and 1907 - and the third conference of 1915 that was never held - using diplomatic correspondence, newspaper reports, contemporary publications and the papers of internationalist organizations and peace activists. Focusing on the international media frenzy that developed around them, Maartje Abbenhuis provides a new angle on the conferences. Highlighting the conventions that they brought about, she demonstrates how The Hague set the tone for international politics in the years leading up to the First World War, permeating media reports and shaping the views and activities of key organizations such as the inter-parliamentary union, the international council of women and the Institut de droit international (Institute of International Law). Based on extensive archival research in the Netherlands, Great Britain, Switzerland and the United States alongside contemporary publications in a range of languages, this book considers the history of the Hague conferences in a new way, and presents a powerful case for the importance of The Hague conferences in shaping twentieth century international politics." --Bloomsbury Publishing

The Art of Staying Neutral offers a fascinating insight into the problems and challenges associated with neutrality in an age of 'total war'. It explains how the Netherlands upheld and protected its non-belligerency during the First World War despite constant interference from its warring neighbours. Staying neutral was an artform that the Dutch managed to master through clever diplomacy, conscientious adherence to international laws, comprehensive mobilisation of its armed forces, regular patrols of its territorial boundaries, careful policing of its citizens, and a decisive measure of good fortune. The Art of Staying Neutral makes important contributions to the study of neutrality and the domestic history of the Netherlands in this seminal world event. - The Art of Staying Neutral geeft boeiende inzichten in de problemen en uitdagingen van neutraliteit in een tijdperk van 'totale oorlog'. Het boek zet uiteen hoe Nederland zijn neutrale status tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog wist te handhaven en beschermen, ondanks de constante druk van buren die wél in oorlog waren. Neutraal blijven was een kunst die de Nederlanders beheersten door middel van uitgekiende diplomatie, zorgvuldige naleving van internationale wetten, uitgebreide mobilisatie van gewapende eenheden, regelmatige patrouillering langs de landsgrenzen en nauwgezette controle van de onderdanen, maar ook dankzij een flinke dosis geluk. The Art of Staying Neutral levert een belangrijke bijdrage aan de studie van neutraliteit en besteedt ook volop aandacht aan de nationale en internationale gevolgen van de opstelling van Nederland tijdens deze ingrijpende periode uit de wereldgeschiedenis.

An Age of Neutrals provides a pioneering history of neutrality in Europe and the wider world between the Congress of Vienna and the outbreak of the First World War. The 'long' nineteenth century (1815–1914) was an era of unprecedented industrialization, imperialism and globalization; one which witnessed Europe's economic and political hegemony across the world. Dr Maartje Abbenhuis explores the ways in which neutrality reinforced these interconnected developments. She argues that a passive conception of neutrality has thus far prevented historians from understanding the high regard with which neutrality, as a tool of diplomacy and statecraft and as a popular ideal with numerous applications, was held. This compelling new history exposes neutrality as a vibrant and essential part of the nineteenth-century international system; a powerful instrument used by great and small powers to solve disputes, stabilize international relations and promote a variety of interests within and outside the continent

To supervise its international neutrality commitments during the First World War, the Dutch government invoked the emergency powers of the 1899 War Law, imposing a 'state of war' or 'siege' in 75% of the country's municipalities, which subsequently witnessed extraordinary military interference in their daily affairs. Implementing the War Law proved confusing, controversial and complex. To impose uniformity, the government and judiciary repeatedly limited its application, ultimately altering the legislation's 'need breaks law' justification. That the War Law was used for a protracted length of time illustrated that, even though neutral, the Netherlands remained a nation in fear of war.

Winner of the World War One Historical Association's 2021 Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. Prize Global War, Global Catastrophe presents a history of the First World War as an all-consuming industrial war that forcibly reshaped the international environment and, with it, impacted the futures of all the world's people. Narrated chronologically, and available open access, the authors identify key themes and moments that radicalized the war's conduct and globalized its impact, affecting neutral and belligerent societies alike. These include Germany's invasion of Belgium and Britain's declaration of war in 1914, the expansion of economic warfare in 1915, anti-imperial resistance, the Russian revolutions of 1917 and the United States' entry into the war. Each chapter explains how individuals, communities, nation-states and empires experienced, considered and behaved in relationship to the conflict as it evolved into a total global war. Above all, the book argues that only by integrating the history of neutral and subject communities can we fully understand what made the First World War such a globally transformative event. This book offers an accessible and readable overview of the major trajectories of the global history of the conflict. It offers an innovative history of the First World War and an important alternative to existing belligerent-centric studies. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.

Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Tales of War and Wonder-Reflecting on War, Myths, and Fairy Tales and the Breadcrumb Trails Between -- Themes of War and Wonder -- Chapter Outlines -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 2: And They Lived Happily Ever After? The Fable as Search for Meaning in Holocaust Cinema -- The Fairy Tale as Prevention of Trauma -- Fairy Tale as Regeneration after Trauma -- Fairy Tale as Trauma: The Notebook -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 3: "The Boy with the Bread": Consuming Hansel and Gretel in the Twenty-First Century -- Grim(m) Origins -- Contemporary Crumbs -- Twisting the Braid -- The Hunger Games Is Hansel and Gretel -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Abelardo Díaz Alfaro's Tales: The Tragicomedy of the Dawn of US Intervention in Puerto Rico -- Once upon a Colony by Another Name -- Animal Fables and the Personification of Puerto Rican Identity -- Monsters, Demons, and Fairy Tale Childhoods -- Jíbaro Knights -- The Tragicomedy of Cultural Resistance -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Once Upon a Nation: Fables and Fairy Tales in Canadian Plays About War -- The Young Male Soldier and "Everyman" Characters -- Fairy Tale Romance -- Stories of Sacrifice -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Flying Home: Aestheticizing and Americanizing Experiences of Exile and Migration in the Second World War as Fairy Tales of Return and Restoration -- War and Wonder: Variations on a Theme8 -- American Children's Books during the Second World War: "The Age of Ferdinand Is Dying?"17 -- Wings for Per -- Wheel on the Chimney -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 7: Child Soldiers in Medieval(esque) Cinema -- Child Soldiers: Definitional Issues -- Inherent Perils of Children in War Zones