Chapter 1 The English People and War in the Early Sixteenth Century

Chapter 2 Holland’s Experience of War during the Revolt of the Netherlands

Chapter 3 The Army Revolt of 1647

Chapter 4 Holland’s Financial Problems (1713–1733) and the Wars against Louis XIV

Chapter 5 Municipal Government and the Burden of the Poor in South Holland during the Napoleonic Wars

Chapter 6 The Sinews of War: The Role of Dutch Finance in European Politics ( c . 1750–1815)

Chapter 7 Britain and Blockade, 1780–1940

Chapter 8 Away from Impressment: The Idea of a Royal Naval Reserve, 1696–1859

Chapter 9 Problems of Defence in a Non-belligerent Society: Military Service in the Netherlands during the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century

Chapter 11 The Second World War and Dutch Society: Continuity and Change