- Foreword to New Edition David Lloyd George, January 1938
- Preface to Volume One (Prefaces 1-3 of original six volume edition) David Lloyd George, Bron-y-de, Churt; 1933-34
- The Brewing of the Storm
- First Contact with Foreign Affairs
- Plan for a Party Truce
- The Agadir Crisis, 1911
- No Cabinet Consideration of Foreign Policy
- The Crash
- Unexpected Plunge into War
- Nobody Wanted War
- Attitude – Military, Political and Civilian – to War
- The Fourth of August, 1914
- Cabinet Ignorance of French’s Strategical Advice
- Sir Edward Grey
- The Financial Crisis
- How We Saved the City
- Supplementary Budget and the First War Loan
- The Fight for Munitions
- Introductory
- Finance of Production
- Red Tape at the War Office
- First Signs of Shell Shortage
- The First Cabinet Committee
- The Fight for Munitions (continued)
- A Policy of Short Views
- The Shell Shortage Grows
- Correspondence with Mr Balfour
- D.O.R.A. and Munitions
- The Great Shell Scandal
- The Politics of the War
- The Political Crisis in May 1915
- The Ministry of Munitions: Establishment and Labour Problems
- My Appointment
- Central and Area Organisation
- The Problem of Labour
- The Royal Encouragement of Munition Workers
- The Drink Trouble
- Welfare Conditions in the Workshops
- The Strategy of the War
- Eastern v Western Fronts
- The War Council and the Balkans
- Allied Procrastination
- The Russian Collapse
- Why were the Russian Armies Ill Equipped?
- What would have Happened had the Allies Pooled their Resources
- The Futile Allied Offensives on the Western Front
- The Serbian Tragedy
- The Balkans and the Somme
- Ministry of Munitions: Practical Achievements
- Gun Conference at Boulogne
- National Factories
- Filling the Shells
- Machine-guns
- Machine-gun Corps
- Design and Invention
- Tanks
- Summary of Achievements of the Ministry
- Allied Relations with America
- President Wilson’s Peace Moves
- The Irish Rebellion
- The Coming of Conscription
- Disintegration of the Liberal Party
- Lord Kitchener: A Character Study
- At the Ministry for War
- Sir William Robertson
- Transport
- The Mesopotamia Muddle
- The Knock-out Blow
- The Lansdowne Peace Move
- The Military Position at the End of the 1916 Campaign
- The Food Position
- A Cabinet of Indecision
- The Crisis: December 1916
- Some Personal Sketches:
- Mr Asquith
- Lord Haldane
- Lord Balfour
- Lord Carson
- Mr Bonar Law
- 1914-16: A Retrospect
- First Tasks as Prime Minister
- Formation of a National Three-Party Government
- Personnel
- Survey of the Position
- The German and Wilson Peace Notes of December 1916
- The Peril of the Submarines
- The Arming of Merchant Vessels
- Establishment of the Ministry of Shipping
- Shipping Problems
- Relieving Congestion at the Ports
- Control and Restriction of Imports
- The Supply of Home-grown Timber
- Controlling the Food Supplies
- Food Production
- Rationing
- Feeding our Allies
- A System of National Service
- Military Outlook for 1917
- Existing Strategical Plans
- Conditions of a Successful Offensive
- Surprise
- The Rome Conference
- Psychology and Strategy
- Joffre
- The Nivelle Offensive
- Sequel to Nivelle Offensive
- The Petrograd Conference
- The Russian Revolution
- America enters the War
- The Imperial War Cabinet and Conference
Appendices
- Prime Minister’s Statement to the Imperial War Cabinet, on the Military and Naval Position (20 March, 1917)
- Agenda for the Forthcoming Special War Cabinet Meetings with Representatives of the Dominions and India
- Summary of Sir Eyre Crowe’s Memorandum
- Summary of Report of Lord Milner’s Committee on Economic Desiderata in Terms of Peace
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