Faces of neutrality
Subtitle: a comparative analysis of the neutrality of Switzerland and other neutral nations during WW II
By: 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].
Contributors: Vagts, Detlev F.
Publisher: Lit Verlag; Distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers, Rutgers University
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin, Germany; Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9783825819149
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history; Neutrality -- Switzerland; Neutrality -- United States; Neutrality -- Spain; Neutrality -- Portugal; Neutrality -- Sweden; Neutrality -- Turkey; Neutrality -- France -- Vichy; Neutralität -- Schweiz -- Geschichte 1939-1945; Switzerland -- Economic policy; Schweiz -- Politik -- Geschichte 1939-1945; Schweiz -- Neutralität -- Geschichte 1939-1945
Other titles: Comparative analysis of the neutrality of Switzerland and other neutral nations during WW II; Neutrality of Switzerland and other neutral nations during WW II
Work titles: Vergleich.
Notes: Originally published as: Der Vergleich : die Politik der Schweiz zur Zeit des Zweiten Weltkriegs im internationalen Umfeld / herausgegeben vom Arbeitskreis Gelebte Geschichte.  Stäfa : Gut, c2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-221) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt.1. Switzerland before and during WWII: Neutrality- Swiss identity; title: The rise of fascism- decline of the League of Nations; title: World economic crisis; title: Gold standard and social awakening; title: World trade; title: Switzerland and the USA- financial havens; title: The beginning of World War II; title: Swiss foreign trade; title: Blockade negotiations; title: Negotiations with Britain; title: French/British requests for war materials; title: Switzerland in the German sphere of influence; title: Between Allied powers and National Socialists; title: Allied pressure; title: Refugees; title: Final remarks; title: pt.2. How neutral were the neutrals?: Control of neutral countries; title: Differences with the USA; title: Who was neutral?; title: Spain; title: Portugal; title: Sweden; title: Turkey; title: Vichy France- the anomaly; title: pt.3. Mirror image: America's contradictory finance markets; title: Ford Motor Company / General Motors / Standard Oil of New Jersey; title: Chase National Bank; title: The Remigrant Mark Program; title: J.P. Morgan; title: Kodak; title: IBM; title: Bank for International Settlements (BIS); title: pt.4. Conclusion: Provisions for war; title: Determination to resist; title: Handling neutrality; title: Blockade issues; title: Gold trade; title: Accusation of prolonging the war; title: War profits; title: Refunding; title: Refugees; title: Was Switzerland a country of collaborators and profit-mongers?