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  • Sweden, Japan, and the Long Second World War

    1931-1945

    Series series Routledge Studies in Second World War History
    We thank Ekman & Co AB and Gadelius Holding Ltd for their kind and generous support, making this research available online for free.Lottaz and Ottosson explore the intricate relationship between neutral Sweden and Imperial Japan during the latter’s 15 years of warfare in Asia and in the Pacific. While Sweden’s relationship with European Axis powers took place under the premise of existential ... Read more

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  • The Vatican and Permanent Neutrality

    The essays in this book cover a fast-paced 150 years of Vatican diplomacy, starting from the fall of the Papal States in 1870 to the present day. They trace the transformation of the Vatican from a state like any other to an entity uniquely providing spiritual and moral sustenance in world affairs. In particular, the book details the Holy See’s use of neutrality as a tool and the principal ... Read more

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  • Neutral Europe and the Creation of the Nonproliferation Regime

    1958-1968

    Edited by Pascal Lottaz, Yoko Iwama ...
    Lottaz, Iwama, and their contributors investigate the role of neutral and nonaligned European states during the negotiations for the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).Focusing on the years from the Irish Resolution of 1958 until the treaty’s opening for signatures ten years later, the nine chapters written by area experts highlight the processes and reasons for the political ... Read more

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  • Neutral Beyond the Cold

    Neutral States and the Post-Cold War International System

    The collapse of the Soviet Union and the wars in Yugoslavia radically changed the security environment in Europe and Central Asia. Some predictions assumed the emerging unipolarity of the liberal world order would end neutrality policies in East and West, but, as this volume shows, this was not the case. While some traditional Cold War neutrals like Sweden and Finland have been edging closer to ... Read more

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  • Notions of Neutralities

    Neutrality serves different purposes during times of war and peace. ‘Notions of Neutralities’ portrays those historical challenges that neutrals faced, and are still facing, to maintain some form of economic stability and political order as chaos and wars rage. Neutrals are exposed to existential issues and questions of civil-society, international politics, and morality, in a world defiant to ... Read more

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  • Permanent Neutrality

    A Model for Peace, Security, and Justice

    This collection examines the theory, practice, and application of state neutrality in international relations. With a focus on its modern-day applications, the studies in this volume analyze the global implications of permanent neutrality for Taiwan, Russia, Ukraine, the European Union, and the United States. Exploring permanent neutrality’s role as a realist security model capable of rivaling ... Read more

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  • The Transatlantic Century

    Europe and America, 1890–2010

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    Series Book 46 - New Approaches to European History
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    Herbert Hoover's Secret History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath

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    The End of the Cold War and the Rise of Neoliberalism

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