Sinposis

THE NEUTRAL STATUS IN THE GREAT WAR TURNED OUT TO BE A TRANSFORMATIVE REALITY AS THE CONFLICT ITSELF, ACQUIRING TOP POLITICAL IMPORTANCE FROM ITS ORIGINS. AS SHOWN BY MOST OF THE COMPILED WORKS IN THIS BOOK, THE DILEMMA BETWEEN NEUTRALITY AND BELLIGERENCY SHAPED NATIONAL SELF-IDENTITIES AND COLLECTIVE EMOTIONS LONG AFTER THE WAR ENDED.