ABSTRACT

Up to a generation ago, the Swiss citizen lived with a feeling of security in foreign relations which we can hardly credit today. Neutrality has come to be taken so much for granted as the fundamental principle of the Federal constitution, and had been so generally recognized in Europe, that it seemed unthreatened and even inviolable. It blended with the republican and democratic ideal to form a national myth of almost religious sanctity. As the axiom of Swiss foreign policy, it had certainly suffered attack both in theory and in fact, but since such crises had always been successfully overcome, Switzerland’s faith in the inviolability of her neutrality had merely been confirmed. It was as if the country were girdled with high, protecting ramparts, behind which its people could go about their lawful occasions unmolested. It was in this period of calm in Switzerland’s foreign relations that international law assiduously sought a formula for the theory of neutrality.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 1|11 pages

Origin and Growth of Swiss Neutrality

chapter Chapter 2|8 pages

The Scope of Swiss Neutrality

chapter Chapter 3|5 pages

Means for the Preservation of Neutrality

chapter Chapter 5|5 pages

Attacks on Swiss Neutrality by Revolutionary France

chapter Chapter 7|5 pages

The Breach of Neutrality in 1813

chapter Chapter 8|10 pages

Recognition of the Permanent Neutrality of Switzerland

chapter Chapter 10|5 pages

Internal Threats to Swiss Neutrality

chapter Chapter 14|7 pages

Meaning of Neutrality in the Age of Imperialism

chapter Chapter 15|8 pages

Armed Neutrality in the First World War

chapter Chapter 16|5 pages

Return from Differential to Integral Neutrality

chapter Chapter 17|7 pages

Hostile Criticisms of Neutrality

chapter Chapter 18|5 pages

Super-National Significance of Swiss Neutrality

chapter Chapter 19|3 pages

What is a Neutral Outlook?