Faces of neutrality : a comparative analysis of the neutrality of Switzerland and other neutral nations during WW II / Herbert R. Reginbogin ; with a foreword by Detlev F. Vagts ; [editor, Working Group Lived History ; translated by Ulrike Seeberger and Jane Britten ; copy edited by Thomas Ryan].
Reginbogin, Herbert R.; Vagts, Detlev F.
2009
DQ69 .R4413 2009 (Mapit)
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Title Faces of neutrality : a comparative analysis of the neutrality of Switzerland and other neutral nations during WW II / Herbert R. Reginbogin ; with a foreword by Detlev F. Vagts ; [editor, Working Group Lived History ; translated by Ulrike Seeberger and Jane Britten ; copy edited by Thomas Ryan].
Author Reginbogin, Herbert R.
Uniform Title Vergleich. English
ISBN 9783825819149
3825819140
Imprint Berlin, Germany : Lit Verlag ; Piscataway, NJ : Distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers, Rutgers University, c2009.
Language English
Description ii, 227 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number DQ69 .R4413 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.5325
Note Originally published as: Der Vergleich : die Politik der Schweiz zur Zeit des Zweiten Weltkriegs im internationalen Umfeld / herausgegeben vom Arbeitskreis Gelebte Geschichte. Stäfa : Gut, c2006.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Vagts, Detlev F.
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pt.1. Switzerland before and during WWII: Neutrality- Swiss identity
The rise of fascism- decline of the League of Nations
World economic crisis
Gold standard and social awakening
World trade
Switzerland and the USA- financial havens
The beginning of World War II
Swiss foreign trade
Blockade negotiations
Negotiations with Britain
French/British requests for war materials
Switzerland in the German sphere of influence
Between Allied powers and National Socialists
Allied pressure
Refugees
Final remarks
pt.2. How neutral were the neutrals?: Control of neutral countries
Differences with the USA
Who was neutral?
Spain
Portugal
Sweden
Turkey
Vichy France- the anomaly
pt.3. Mirror image: America's contradictory finance markets
Ford Motor Company / General Motors / Standard Oil of New Jersey
Chase National Bank
The Remigrant Mark Program
J.P. Morgan
Kodak
IBM
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
pt.4. Conclusion: Provisions for war
Determination to resist
Handling neutrality
Blockade issues
Gold trade
Accusation of prolonging the war
War profits
Refunding
Refugees
Was Switzerland a country of collaborators and profit-mongers?

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