Unspoken Allies: Anglo-Dutch Relations Since 1780Nigel John Ashton, Duco Hellema This study brings together the expertise of an international group of scholars to survey the development of political and economic relations between Britain and the Netherlands from the Napoleonic era to the present day. It illuminates both the underlying refrain of harmony in international outlook, ideology and interests that often made for close co-operation between the two countries, and also their episodic instances of conflict. The contributors address topics ranging from Anglo-Dutch relations in the era of imperialism; the tensions created by Dutch neutrality in the First World; the challenges of the inter-war years; the role of the Dutch in British strategy during the Second World War; colonialism and decolonisation; and, most recently, bilateral relations in the European framework. Based on detailed research in British and Dutch archives, Unspoken Allies provides new insights into relations between two of the principal "amphibious" powers of Europe across the last two centuries. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION 95 | 17 |
THE DUTCH AND THE BRITISH UMBRELLA 18131870 33 | 33 |
ANGLODUTCH RELATIONS DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR | 59 |
ANGLODUTCH RELATIONS AND THE KAISER QUESTION 19181920 | 85 |
Dutch Trade PROBLEMS | 101 |
BRITAIN AND DUTCH SECURITY POLICY | 121 |
BRITISH PERCEPTIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS AND THE THREAT OF WAR | 137 |
AngloDutch ReLATIONS DURING | 155 |
THE NETHERLANDS GREAT BRITAIN AND THE Indonesian RevOLUTION | 179 |
DUTCHBRITISH COMMERCIAL RELATIONS IN A EUROPEAN CONTEXT | 203 |
THE NETHERLANDS AND THE FIRST BRITISH | 223 |
THE NETHERLANDS IN BRITAINS STRATEGY FOR | 241 |
THE OIL CRISIS | 255 |
POSTSCRIPT | 273 |
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