This book is a much-needed corrective to the anti-Swiss fervor currently being espoused by lawyers and others who are in search of cash settlements from Swiss banks. In the process, Stephen Halbrook describes the dramatic story of how a small nation -- albeit one armed to the teeth -remained the only country in Europe able to deter a Nazi invasion.The Germans certainly planned a conquest; operational plans for their offensive (as well as the maps outlining their attack) are described. But the Swiss were not the Netherlands, France, or a dozen other countries who succumbed within weeks to a Nazi assault. The entire history of Swiss men-at-arms meant that the Germans would have a difficult time if they had dared to violate their southern neighbor's borders.This book is the first thorough and objective work on Switzerland role in WWII to be published in AmericaA fascinating history of a country that is little-understood -- and often misperceivedTies in with Nazi Gold, Hitler's Secret Bankers, and other focuses on the Swiss currently in the news.