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 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 10 World War II and Social Class in Great Britain

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