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].
Imprint
Berlin, Germany : Lit Verlag ; Piscataway, NJ : Distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers, Rutgers University, c2009.
Originally published as: Der Vergleich : die Politik der Schweiz zur Zeit des Zweiten Weltkriegs im internationalen Umfeld / herausgegeben vom Arbeitskreis Gelebte Geschichte. Stafa : Gut, c2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-221) and index.
Contents
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?
