From neutrality to commitment : Dutch foreign policy, NATO and European integration
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From neutrality to commitment : Dutch foreign policy, NATO and European integration
（International library of twentieth century history, 28）
Tauris Academic Studies, 2010
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Until the mid-twentieth century, the Dutch, with their overseas empire, had managed to stay aloof from the machinations of intra-European fighting. However, the beginning of the Cold War found them persuaded by Britain and the US to break with their independent past, and fit into the emerging Western security system. William Mallinson here considers how major post-war developments in Europe affected Dutch foreign policy, traditionally one of abstentionism, and studies the extent of Dutch influence in post-war Western co-operation. Important landmarks, including the Marshall Plan, Brussels Treaty Organisation, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Council of Europe, Schuman Plan and Pleven Plan, so vital to an understanding of contemporary international relations, are all treated incisively. The book sheds light on defence, foreign and economic policy, treating European developments from a previously neglected angle. In so doing, it provides vital insights into the history of European recovery after World War II and into the development of a postwar international order.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Setting the Scene
1.1 The Nature of Netherlands Neutrality
1.2 The German Problem and the Effects of the War
1.3 The Commercial Question
1.4 Dutch Territorial and other Claims on Germany
1.5 The Indonesian Factor
1.6 The Role of National Characteristics
1.7 Conclusion
Chapter 2: European Developments and the German Question: The Dutch Approach
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Netherlands and Europe
2.3 Marshall Aid and the Dutch Dilemma
2.4 Dutch Claims and Frustrations
2.5 European Unity
2.6 Conclusion
Chapter 3: The Question of Security and the Brussels Treaty Organisation
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Indonesian Thorn
3.3 The Path to the Brussels Treaty
3.4 The Brussels Treaty - a way of being heard?
3.5 Conclusion
Chapter 4: The North Atlantic Road
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Lip Service - The Dutch Position on NATO
4.3 The Indonesian Complication
4.4 The Dutch Atlantic Attitude
4.5 Conclusion
Chapter 5: From the Atlantic to Europe
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Dutch Restraint
5.3 The British Information Campaign
5.4 Slow Realisation of Harsh Realities and Defence Problems
5.5 Trade before Ideology
5.6 Germany and NATO
5.7 The European Angle
5.8 Conclusion
Chapter 6: Whose Europe?
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Council of Europe
6.3 The Schuman Plan
6.4 The Stikker Plan and the British
6.5 Conclusion
Chapter 7: Whose Defence?
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The Pleven Plan
7.3 The Dutch View
7.4 The British Disappointment
7.5 Conclusion
Chapter 8: The Road to a Standing Army
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The Resignation of the Government
8.3 External Pressures and Dutch Indignation
8.4 Stikker's Crisis
8.5 The British and American View
5.6 Conclusion
Chapter 9: Towards Commitmant
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Reluctant Participants
9.3 The Dutch Blindness
9.4 Germany and NATO
9.5 A New Enthusiasm for Europe
9.6 Defence-Less Enthusiasm
9.7 Conclusion
Chapter 10: The European Answer
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Germany and Commercial Precedence
10.3 Dutch-British Relations
10.4 EDC Enthusiasm - The Shining Example
10.5 Security through Europe
10.6 No Divorce because of the Children
10.7 Conclusion
Chapter 11: The Last Laugh
11.1 Introduction
11.2 The Dutch, Europe and the EDC
11.3 The German Angle
11.4 Between EDC and NATO
11.5 Back to NATO
11.6 Conclusion
Chapter 12: Conclusions
Appendix: list of missing and unavailable files in the National Archives
Archivalia Interviews
Published Material
Published articles
Background Reading
List of Abbreviations
Index
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