"Drawing largely on Scandinavian, German, Russian, and British archival material, Salmon, a diplomatic historian, has produced a thorough, authoritative study, likely to be definitive far into the future....It is eminently readable, well-annotated, and includes an extensive bibliography." Choice

• Preface; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Definitions; Map; Introduction; 1. The end of isolation: Scandinavia and the modern world; 2. Scandinavia in European diplomacy 1899–1914; 3. The war of the future: Scandinavia in the strategic plans of the great powers; 4. Neutrality preserved: Scandinavia and the First World War; 5. The Nordic countries between the wars; 6. Confrontation and co-existence: Scandinavia and the great powers after the First World War; 7. Britain, Germany and the Nordic economies 1916–1936; 8. Power, ideology and markets: Great Britain, Germany and Scandinavia 1933–1939; 9. Scandinavia and the coming of the Second World War; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

"Drawing largely on Scandinavian, German, Russian, and British archival material, Salmon, a diplomatic historian, has produced a thorough, authoritative study, likely to be definitive far into the future....It is eminently readable, well-annotated, and includes an extensive bibliography." Choice

• Preface; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Definitions; Map; Introduction; 1. The end of isolation: Scandinavia and the modern world; 2. Scandinavia in European diplomacy 1899–1914; 3. The war of the future: Scandinavia in the strategic plans of the great powers; 4. Neutrality preserved: Scandinavia and the First World War; 5. The Nordic countries between the wars; 6. Confrontation and co-existence: Scandinavia and the great powers after the First World War; 7. Britain, Germany and the Nordic economies 1916–1936; 8. Power, ideology and markets: Great Britain, Germany and Scandinavia 1933–1939; 9. Scandinavia and the coming of the Second World War; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

"Drawing largely on Scandinavian, German, Russian, and British archival material, Salmon, a diplomatic historian, has produced a thorough, authoritative study, likely to be definitive far into the future....It is eminently readable, well-annotated, and includes an extensive bibliography." Choice

• Preface; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Definitions; Map; Introduction; 1. The end of isolation: Scandinavia and the modern world; 2. Scandinavia in European diplomacy 1899–1914; 3. The war of the future: Scandinavia in the strategic plans of the great powers; 4. Neutrality preserved: Scandinavia and the First World War; 5. The Nordic countries between the wars; 6. Confrontation and co-existence: Scandinavia and the great powers after the First World War; 7. Britain, Germany and the Nordic economies 1916–1936; 8. Power, ideology and markets: Great Britain, Germany and Scandinavia 1933–1939; 9. Scandinavia and the coming of the Second World War; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.