Switzerland under siege, 1939-1945
Subtitle: a neutral nation's struggle for survival
By: edited by Leo Schelbert ; foreword by Faith Whittlesey.
Contributors: Schelbert, Leo.
Series: Swiss American Historical Society special publication -- no. 18
Publisher: Picton Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Rockport, ME
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Switzerland; Switzerland -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-237) and index.
Table of contents: title: Defending Switzerland : the impact of armed neutrality in World War II -- Hans Senn; title: The threat of three totalitarianisms : the Swiss response -- Jürg Stüssi-Lauterburg; title: Unsung dedication : women in Switzerland's mobilization -- Thomas Maissen; title: Fatal errors : the allied bombing of the sister republic -- James H. Hutson; title: Severely tested : Swiss neutrality during two world wars -- Edgar Bonjour; title: Between hammer and anvil : neutrality and the necessities of trade -- Heinz K. Meier; title: "Linking the hideously-sundered nations" : neutral Switzerland as "protecting power" -- Leo Schelbert; title: The spirit of resistance : the Swiss "Wochenschau" and "Armeefilmdienst" -- Stephen P. Halbrook -- Appendices. 1. Selected documents:; title: 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.; title: A chronology of events 1938-1945.