War Memoirs of David Lloyd George, Volume I  35166

  • 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
  1. The Brewing of the Storm
    1. First Contact with Foreign Affairs
    2. Plan for a Party Truce
    3. The Agadir Crisis, 1911
    4. No Cabinet Consideration of Foreign Policy
  2. The Crash
    1. Unexpected Plunge into War
    2. Nobody Wanted War
    3. Attitude – Military, Political and Civilian – to War
    4. The Fourth of August, 1914
    5. Cabinet Ignorance of French’s Strategical Advice
  3. Sir Edward Grey
  4. The Financial Crisis
    1. How We Saved the City
    2. Supplementary Budget and the First War Loan
  5. The Fight for Munitions
    1. Introductory
    2. Finance of Production
    3. Red Tape at the War Office
    4. First Signs of Shell Shortage
    5. The First Cabinet Committee
  6. The Fight for Munitions (continued)
    1. A Policy of Short Views
    2. The Shell Shortage Grows
    3. Correspondence with Mr Balfour
    4. D.O.R.A. and Munitions
    5. The Great Shell Scandal
  7. The Politics of the War
  8. The Political Crisis in May 1915
  9. The Ministry of Munitions: Establishment and Labour Problems
    1. My Appointment
    2. Central and Area Organisation
    3. The Problem of Labour
    4. The Royal Encouragement of Munition Workers
    5. The Drink Trouble
    6. Welfare Conditions in the Workshops
  10. The Strategy of the War
    1. Eastern v Western Fronts
  11. The War Council and the Balkans
  12. Allied Procrastination
  13. The Russian Collapse
  14. Why were the Russian Armies Ill Equipped?
  15. What would have Happened had the Allies Pooled their Resources
  16. The Futile Allied Offensives on the Western Front
  17. The Serbian Tragedy
  18. The Balkans and the Somme
  19. Ministry of Munitions: Practical Achievements
    1. Gun Conference at Boulogne
    2. National Factories
    3. Filling the Shells
    4. Machine-guns
    5. Machine-gun Corps
    6. Design and Invention
    7. Tanks
    8. Summary of Achievements of the Ministry
  20. Allied Relations with America
  21. President Wilson’s Peace Moves
  22. The Irish Rebellion
  23. The Coming of Conscription
  24. Disintegration of the Liberal Party
  25. Lord Kitchener: A Character Study
  26. At the Ministry for War
  27. Sir William Robertson
  28. Transport
  29. The Mesopotamia Muddle
  30. The Knock-out Blow
  31. The Lansdowne Peace Move
  32. The Military Position at the End of the 1916 Campaign
  33. The Food Position
  34. A Cabinet of Indecision
  35. The Crisis: December 1916
  36. Some Personal Sketches:
    1. Mr Asquith
    2. Lord Haldane
    3. Lord Balfour
    4. Lord Carson
    5. Mr Bonar Law
  37. 1914-16: A Retrospect
  38. First Tasks as Prime Minister
    1. Formation of a National Three-Party Government
    2. Personnel
    3. Survey of the Position
  39. The German and Wilson Peace Notes of December 1916
  40. The Peril of the Submarines
  41. The Arming of Merchant Vessels
  42. Establishment of the Ministry of Shipping
  43. Shipping Problems
    1. Relieving Congestion at the Ports
    2. Control and Restriction of Imports
    3. The Supply of Home-grown Timber
  44. Controlling the Food Supplies
    1. Food Production
    2. Rationing
    3. Feeding our Allies
  45. A System of National Service
  46. Military Outlook for 1917
    1. Existing Strategical Plans
    2. Conditions of a Successful Offensive
    3. Surprise
  47. The Rome Conference
  48. Psychology and Strategy
  49. Joffre
  50. The Nivelle Offensive
  51. Sequel to Nivelle Offensive
  52. The Petrograd Conference
  53. The Russian Revolution
  54. America enters the War
  55. The Imperial War Cabinet and Conference

Appendices

  1. Prime Minister’s Statement to the Imperial War Cabinet, on the Military and Naval Position (20 March, 1917)
  2. Agenda for the Forthcoming Special War Cabinet Meetings with Representatives of the Dominions and India
  3. Summary of Sir Eyre Crowe’s Memorandum
  4. Summary of Report of Lord Milner’s Committee on Economic Desiderata in Terms of Peace
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