TY - GEN T1 - Caught in the middle : neutrals, neutrality and the First World War T2 - Studies of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation ; A2 - Hertog, Johan den, 1977- A2 - Kruizinga, Samuël LA - English PP - Amsterdam PB - Aksant YR - 2011 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn726825763 AB - During the First World War, belligerents infringed on the rights and duties of neutrals, as these had been codified in international agreements. Both the Allies and the Central Powers pressured the neutrals to modify their policies in favour of one side or the other. During the four-and-a-half years the war lasted, this pressure mounted until the neutrals were left with very little room to manoeuvre. More than fifty years ago, Nils Ørvik stated that this disregard for international law, combined with the relative weakness of the European neutrals, spelled the end of traditional political neutra. OP - 175 CN - D523 .C38 2011eb SN - 9789048514717 SN - 9048514711 SN - 1283050757 SN - 9781283050753 SN - 9786613050755 SN - 661305075X SN - 9052603707 SN - 9789052603704 KW - World War, 1914-1918. KW - Neutrality. KW - World War, 1914-1918 : Diplomatic history. KW - Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918. KW - Neutralité. KW - Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 : Histoire diplomatique. KW - HISTORY : General. KW - Diplomatic history KW - Neutrality KW - 1914-1918 KW - Electronic book. KW - Electronic books. ER -