Britain, Switzerland, and the Second World War Architectural Woodwork It is seen through the

It is seen through the lives of the adventurers and scientists who promoted it

some of the quirky ones

in addition to such events as the Peace of Montreal in 1701 and the treaties of Fort Laramie (1851 and 1868)

sell the company to American investors or shut it down

as well as one of the most scandalous and successful French novels of the nineteenth century

Britain, Switzerland, and the Second World War Architectural Woodwork It is seen through theThis is the first comprehensive study of British policy towards Switzerland during the Second World War. Switzerland occupied an ambiguous place in British belligerency. For most policy makers, Switzerland epitomized the kind of political values that Britain claimed to uphold when it declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939. At the same time however, Switzerland's inexorable drift into the German orbit after mid 1940 inevitably prevented Britain from