Physical Description
xvi, 138 p. ; 24 cm.
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 Vagts
Epilogue : summary view of Switzerland in World War II / Sigmund Widmer.
Other Authors/Editors
Hilty, Donald P.
ISBN
0897254473
Notes
Most essays were originally published in a volume by Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung under the title: Der Zweite Weltkrieg und die Schweiz. 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 Vagts -- Epilogue : summary view of Switzerland in World War II / Sigmund Widmer.
Most essays have been translated from German into English.
