Scandinavia and the Great Powers 1890-1940

ISBN-13: 9780521411615 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 448 str.

Patrick Salmon

Opis

This is a comprehensive survey of the changing position of the Nordic states (Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway) in twentieth-century international relations. It focuses on their relations with Great Britain, Germany and Russia and shows how Scandinavia was drawn into great-power confrontation and conflict. It discusses the experience of these small states in the light of international relations theory and examines the role of Scandinavia in the military plans and economic policies of the great powers before and during the two world wars.

Recenzje

"Scandinavian and the Great Powers 1890-1940 can only be characterised as a standard in its field-i.e. the political, economic and military rivalry between the great powers and the Scandinavian countries. It is something as rare as a wide-ranging and sharply formulated syntheises, based on secondary literature and the author's own archive studies of the region's postion in international politics through half a century. The thesis that the Scandinvian countries were capable of influencing the outside world and, if nothing eles, got the best out of the various high-tension situation is documented." H Net Reviews

Spis treści

Preface; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Definitions; Map; Introduction; 1. The end of isolation: Scandinavia and the modern world; 2. Scandinavia in European diplomacy 1899–1914; 3. The war of the future: Scandinavia in the strategic plans of the great powers; 4. Neutrality preserved: Scandinavia and the First World War; 5. The Nordic countries between the wars; 6. Confrontation and co-existence: Scandinavia and the great powers after the First World War; 7. Britain, Germany and the Nordic economies 1916–1936; 8. Power, ideology and markets: Great Britain, Germany and Scandinavia 1933–1939; 9. Scandinavia and the coming of the Second World War; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.