Table of Contents[-]List of Tables, Maps and Illustrations[-]Acknowledgements[-]Preface by Piet de Rooij[-]Introduction: The War Knocked on Our Door, It Did Not Step Inside: The Netherlands and the Great War[-]Chapter 1: A Nation Too Small to Commit Great Stupidities: The Netherlands and Neutrality[-]Chapter 2: A Pack of Lions: The Dutch Armed Forces[-]Chapter 3: Api Api: The Mobilisation July-August 1914[-]Chapter 4: Calm Amidst the Raging Waves: Defending Territorial Neutrality[-]Chapter 5: Fugitives of War: Refugees and Internees[-]Chapter 6: Shifting Sand and Gravel: Military and Economic Neutrality[-]Chapter 7: Somewhere Between War and Peace: The States of War and Siege[-]Chapter 8: Ash-Grey with Neutrality: Safeguarding Neutrality in the State of Siege[-]Chapter 9: The War for Bread and Guns: Supply and the Fate of a Small Nation[-]Chapter 10: No More War! The Furore over Leave and Demobilisation[-]Chapter 11: This Dreary War: Expressions of Popular Frustration[-]Chapter 12: All Hell Has Broken Loose: The Year 1918[-]Conclusion: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: The Paradox of Neutrality[-]Appendices[-]Illustrations Credits[-]Notes[-]Bibliography[-]Index[-]The Art of Staying Neutral geeft boeiende inzichten in de problemen en uitdagingen van neutraliteit in een tijdperk van 'totale oorlog'. Het boek zet uiteen hoe Nederland zijn neutrale status tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog wist te handhaven en beschermen, ondanks de constante druk van buren die wél in oorlog waren. Neutraal blijven was een kunst di