From Neutrality to Commitment

Foreword
Introduction

Chapter 1: Setting the Scene
1.1 The Nature of Netherlands Neutrality
1.2 The German Problem and the Effects of the War
1.3 The Commercial Question
1.4 Dutch Territorial and other Claims on Germany
1.5 The Indonesian Factor
1.6 The Role of National Characteristics
1.7 Conclusion

Chapter 2: European Developments and the German Question: The Dutch Approach
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Netherlands and Europe
2.3 Marshall Aid and the Dutch Dilemma
2.4 Dutch Claims and Frustrations
2.5 European Unity
2.6 Conclusion

Chapter 3: The Question of Security and the Brussels Treaty Organisation
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Indonesian Thorn
3.3 The Path to the Brussels Treaty
3.4 The Brussels Treaty - a way of being heard?
3.5 Conclusion

Chapter 4: The North Atlantic Road
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Lip Service - The Dutch Position on NATO
4.3 The Indonesian Complication
4.4 The Dutch Atlantic Attitude
4.5 Conclusion

Chapter 5: From the Atlantic to Europe
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Dutch Restraint
5.3 The British Information Campaign
5.4 Slow Realisation of Harsh Realities and Defence Problems
5.5 Trade before Ideology
5.6 Germany and NATO
5.7 The European Angle
5.8 Conclusion

Chapter 6: Whose Europe?
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Council of Europe
6.3 The Schuman Plan
6.4 The Stikker Plan and the British
6.5 Conclusion

Chapter 7: Whose Defence?
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The Pleven Plan
7.3 The Dutch View
7.4 The British Disappointment
7.5 Conclusion

Chapter 8: The Road to a Standing Army
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The Resignation of the Government
8.3 External Pressures and Dutch Indignation
8.4 Stikker's Crisis
8.5 The British and American View
5.6 Conclusion

Chapter 9: Towards Commitmant
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Reluctant Participants
9.3 The Dutch Blindness
9.4 Germany and NATO
9.5 A New Enthusiasm for Europe
9.6 Defence-Less Enthusiasm
9.7 Conclusion

Chapter 10: The European Answer
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Germany and Commercial Precedence
10.3 Dutch-British Relations
10.4 EDC Enthusiasm - The Shining Example
10.5 Security through Europe
10.6 No Divorce because of the Children
10.7 Conclusion

Chapter 11: The Last Laugh
11.1 Introduction
11.2 The Dutch, Europe and the EDC
11.3 The German Angle
11.4 Between EDC and NATO
11.5 Back to NATO
11.6 Conclusion

Chapter 12: Conclusions

Appendix: list of missing and unavailable files in the National Archives
Archivalia Interviews
Published Material
Published articles
Background Reading
List of Abbreviations
Index