Neville Wylie

Britain, Switzerland, and the Second World War

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

British policy towards Switzerland therefore rested on a view of Swiss neutrality that was forged as much from the preconceptions of British officials as from a dispassionate reading of Switzerland's place in the war.

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This is the first comprehensive account of Britain's relations with Switzerland during World War II. It explains why Britain remained apparently so impassive towards Switzerland's financial and economic collaboration with the Axis and why it did so little to try to liberalize Switzerland's restrictive refugee policy. The extent and importance of Britain's covert activities in Switzerland are exposed for the first time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 146mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9780198206903
• ISBN-10: 0198206909
• Artikelnr.: 22276158

Autorenporträt

(Lecturer in Politics, University of Nottingham)

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgements
* Abbreviations
* Maps
* Introduction
* Part I: British Policy towards Switzerland during the Second World
War
* 1: The Making of British Policy
* 2: The Reception of British Policy in Switzerland
* 3: The Evolution of British Policy
* Part II: The Core Issues in Anglo-Swiss Relations 1939-1945
* 4: British Economic Warfare and Switzerland
* 5: Switzerland and British Strategy: Toluol, Trains, and Transit
Rights
* 6: The View from the Central Blue. The Violation of Swiss Neutrality
by the RAF
* 7: Francs, Banks, and Gold: Britain and the Swiss Financial Market
* 8: Cloaking the Dagger: British Covert Operations and Swiss
Neutrality
* 9: Britain and Switzerland's 'Active Neutrality'
* Part III: Conclusion
* 10: Conclusion: Britain, Switzerland, and the Second World War
* Appendixes
* Bibliography
* Index