An Age of Neutrals (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107037601)

An Age of Neutrals provides a pioneering history of neutrality in Europe and the wider world between the Congress of Vienna and the outbreak of the First World War. The 'long' nineteenth century (1815-1914) was an era of unprecedented industrialization, imperialism and globalization; one which witnessed Europe's economic and political hegemony across the world. Dr Maartje Abbenhuis explores the ways in which neutrality reinforced these interconnected developments. She argues that a passive conception of neutrality has thus far prevented historians from understanding the high regard with which neutrality, as a tool of diplomacy and statecraft and as a popular ideal with numerous applications, was held. This compelling new history exposes neutrality as a vibrant and essential part of the nineteenth-century international system; a powerful instrument used by great and small powers to solve disputes, stabilize international relations and promote a variety of interests within and outside the continent.

Author: Maartje Abbenhuis
ISBN-10: 1107037603
ISBN-13: 9781107037601
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/12/2014
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2015 pg. 1053