The Power of Small States: Diplomacy in World War II
The Power of Small States: Diplomacy in World War II
by Annette Baker Fox
University of Chicago Press, 1959 Cloth: 978-0-226-25945-1 | eISBN: 978-0-226-83486-3 Library of Congress Classification D749.F6 Dewey Decimal Classification 940.5325
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
An explosive study into World War II diplomacy and how smaller nations resisted the pressure of Axis and Allied Powers.
As World War II ravaged Europe and Asia, smaller nations such as Turkey, Spain, Finland, and Portugal emerged virtually unscathed. How did these smaller powers, which most wrongly viewed as mere political pawns, survive one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century?
From the World War II diplomatic history of Turkey, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Spain, Annette Baker Fox walks us through backrooms and intense negotiations to illustrate how smaller nations balanced an ever-shifting political landscape to maintain their neutrality. Heavily researched and well-wrought, this book draws upon primary material and interviews with public figures and scholars to give a new historical dimension into lesser-known nations during a time of great political upheaval.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Annette Baker Fox (1912–2011) taught political science at Hunter College. Previously she served as research associate at Princeton’s Center of International Studies and held at similar post at Yale. In addition to writing several articles on international relations, she is the author of Freedom and Welfare in the Caribbean, which was published in 1949.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Contents
I. Introduction
II. Turkey: Neutral Ally
III. Finland: Fighting Neutral
IV. Norway: Maritime Neutral
V. Sweden: Armed Neutral
VI. Spain: Unneutral Neutral
VII. The Influence of Small Powers
Chronology
Bibliography
Index
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