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Title:

Switzerland under siege 1939-1945 : a neutral nation's struggle for survival / edited by Leo Schelbert ; foreword by Faith Whittlesey.

Publisher:

Picton Press,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

247 p. : maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Switzerland.
Switzerland--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Schelbert, Leo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-237) and index.

Contents:

A chronology of events 1938-1945. Stephen P. Halbrook -- The threat of three totalitarianisms : the Swiss response / Jürg Stüssi-Lauterburg -- Unsung dedication : women in Switzerland's mobilization / Thomas Maissen -- Fatal errors : the allied bombing of the sister republic / James H. Hutson -- Severely tested : Swiss neutrality during two world wars / Edgar Bonjour -- Between hammer and anvil : neutrality and the necessities of trade / Heinz K. Meier -- "Linking the hideously-sundered nations" : neutral Switzerland as "protecting power" / Leo Schelbert -- The spirit of resistance : the Swiss "Wochenschau" and "Armeefilmdienst" / Stephen P. Halbrook -- 2. Against demoralization : Defense letter no. 9, 1940. Swiss neutrality defended : the view of Edgar Bonjour. Switzerland's "benevolent neutrality" : the view of Allen Dulles, 1966. 2. A chronology of events 1938-1945.

Series:

Swiss American Historical Society special publication ; no. 18

ISBN:

9780897254144 (alk. paper)
0897254147 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

00108241

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)