The political manoeuvres which brought about the collapse of Britain's last Liberal government in May 1915 have already been the subject of much scholarly debate. This book will attempt to go beyond the arena of strictly party and factional politics and will examine some of the administrative problems the Liberals faced on the home front.
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Nineteenth-century political economy and the problem of war
2. The strategy of 'business as usual'
3. Munitions and the Edwardian army
4. Economic planning for 'business as usual'
5. The limits of prewar planning
6. The July crisis
7. The Failure of 'business as usual'
8. Kitchener and the creation of the 'Nation in Arms', August-December 1914
9. The war in France, 1914-15
10. Lloyd George and Total war
11. Conclusion: The unresolved dilemmas of economic strategy
Biography
David French, Lecturer in Modern Political History, University College, London
