Dutch Resilence: How did the small Netherlands maintain a distant colony during wartime?

Topic: Dutch Colonial Presence during in WWI

Nicholas Tarling describes how a combination of indirect rule, tendency to ethical policies, and practical open trade made it possible for a small country like the Netherlands to adhere to the Dutch East Indies colony, today's Indonesia, during the first world war.

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