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Switzerland under siege 1939-1945 : a neutral nation's struggle for survival / edited by Leo Schelbert ; foreword by Faith Whittlesey.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: D754.S9 S95 2000

Overview

Series: Swiss American Historical Society special publication ; no. 18
Swiss American Historical Society special publication ; no. 18.
Format: Book
Published: Rockport, Me. : Picton Press, [2000]
©2000
Locale: Switzerland
Contents: Defending Switzerland : the impact of armed neutrality in World War II / Hans Senn
Threat of three totalitarianisms : the Swiss response / Jürg Stüssi-Lauterburg
Unsung dedication : women in Switzerland's mobilization / Thomas Maissen
Fatal errors : the allied bombing of the sister republic / James H. Hutson
Severely tested : Swiss neutrality during two world wars / Edgar Bonjour
Between hammer and anvil : neutrality and the necessities of trade / Heinz K. Meier
"Linking the hideously-sundered nations" : neutral Switzerland as "protecting power" / Leo Schelbert
Spirit of resistance : the Swiss "Wochenschau" and "Armeefilmdienst" / Stephen P. Halbrook
Appendices. 1. Selected documents: Against demoralization : Defense letter no. 9, 1940. Swiss neutrality defended : the view of Edgar Bonjour. Switzerland's "benevolent neutrality" : the view of Allen Dulles, 1966. 2. A chronology of events 1938-1945.
Other Authors/Editors: Schelbert, Leo.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-237) and index.

Defending Switzerland : the impact of armed neutrality in World War II / Hans Senn -- Threat of three totalitarianisms : the Swiss response / Jürg Stüssi-Lauterburg -- Unsung dedication : women in Switzerland's mobilization / Thomas Maissen -- Fatal errors : the allied bombing of the sister republic / James H. Hutson -- Severely tested : Swiss neutrality during two world wars / Edgar Bonjour -- Between hammer and anvil : neutrality and the necessities of trade / Heinz K. Meier -- "Linking the hideously-sundered nations" : neutral Switzerland as "protecting power" / Leo Schelbert -- Spirit of resistance : the Swiss "Wochenschau" and "Armeefilmdienst" / Stephen P. Halbrook -- Appendices. 1. Selected documents: Against demoralization : Defense letter no. 9, 1940. Swiss neutrality defended : the view of Edgar Bonjour. Switzerland's "benevolent neutrality" : the view of Allen Dulles, 1966. 2. A chronology of events 1938-1945.

Physical Details

Language: English
ISBN: 0897254147
Physical Description: 247 pages : maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Switzerland. Switzerland--History--20th century.

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