Making Sense of the War (The Netherlands)

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Authors
Publication date 27-07-2017
Host editors
  • U. Daniel
  • P. Gatrell
  • O. Janz
  • H. Jones
  • J. Keene
  • A. Kramer
  • B. Nasson
Book title 1914-1918 Online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Number of pages 12
Publisher Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Regional, Transnational and European Studies (ARTES)
Abstract This article deals with the collective narratives Dutch intellectuals drew upon to make sense of the Great War as well as to explain the role and identity of the Netherlands as a neutral nation. These different narratives, which changed over time, co-existed and partially conflicted with one another. But mainly, they need to be understood in an international context, as their construction was, to a large degree, in response to international debates and foreign cultural propaganda activities, as well as to the changing image of Dutch neutrality in the belligerent states.
Document type Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.15463/ie1418.11125
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