Great Britain and the War of 1914-1918 (RLE The First World War)
Great Britain and the War of 1914-1918 (RLE The First World War)

Author: Llewellyn Woodward

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-19

Total Pages: 763

ISBN-13: 1317324811

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This volume covers the essential facts about Britain’s role in the First World War, not only militarily but also from a domestic point of view: the political and economic organisation of Britain for war, the extension of state control, the problems set by shortages of shipping and food. The book goes beyond the military defeat of Germany and her Allies to the armistice of November 11, 1918, the Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles.

British Strategy and War Aims 1914-1916 (RLE First World War)
British Strategy and War Aims 1914-1916 (RLE First World War)

Author: David French

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-03

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1317686950

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This book illustrates the relationship between British military policy and the development of British war aims during the opening years of the First World War. Basing his work on a wide range of unpublished documentary sources, David French reassesses for the benefit of students and scholars alike what was meant by ‘a war of attrition’.

Britain and the First World War (RLE The First World War)
Britain and the First World War (RLE The First World War)

Author: John Turner

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-24

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1317692136

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This book gives students an informed insight into the British experience in the First World War. The contributors, all established First World War historians, have drawn on their own research and secondary sources to give a succinct account of politics, diplomacy, strategy and social developments during a period of dramatic change. Each chapter gives a concise account of its subject and the chapters are well supported by maps and tables. This is an important textbook for school students and undergraduates which bridges the gap between specialized research on the First World War and the needs of the student reader.

Britain, America and the Sinews of War 1914-1918 (RLE The First World War)
Britain, America and the Sinews of War 1914-1918 (RLE The First World War)

Author: Kathleen Burk

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-24

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1317700511

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Anglo-American relations were transformed during the First World War. Britain was already in long-term economic decline relative to the United States, but this decline was accelerated by the war, which was militarily a victory for Britain, but economically a catastrophe. This book sets out the economic, and in particular, the financial relations between the two powers during the war, setting it in the context of the more familiar political and diplomatic relationship. Particular attention is paid to the British war missions sent out to the USA, which were the agents for much of the financial and economic negotiation, and which are rescued here from underserved historical obscurity.

British Food Policy During the First World War (RLE The First World War)
British Food Policy During the First World War (RLE The First World War)

Author: Margaret Barnett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-24

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1317704223

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Because of the exceptionally high proportion of imports in Britain’s food supply and the determined efforts of the enemy to sever the supply lines, efficient management of food resources was an essential element in the British national war effort. This volume was the first comprehensive study of this vital aspect of government strategy and fills a gap in the historiography of this period. This volume provides a balanced picture by drawing together the diverse elements that went into food policy: economic and social trends, international trade relations and labour issues. The author also traces the evolution of food policy during the pre-war planning period and the early part of the war, and analyses the roles of the United States and the labour organizations.

The War Plans of the Great Powers (RLE The First World War)
The War Plans of the Great Powers (RLE The First World War)

Author: Paul Kennedy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-24

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1317702522

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The origins of the First World War remain one of the greatest twentieth century historical controversies. In this debate the role of military planning in particular and of militarism in general, are a key focus of attention. Did the military wrest control from the civilians? Were the leaders of Europe eager for a conflict? What military commitments were made between the various alliance blocks? These questions are examined in detail here in eleven essays by distinguished historians and the editor’s introduction provides a focus and draws out the comparative approach to the history of military policies and war plans of the great powers.

Strategy and Supply (RLE The First World War)
Strategy and Supply (RLE The First World War)

Author: Keith Neilson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-24

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 1317703448

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Based on a wide range of primary sources, this book shows the way in which diplomacy, economics, finance and strategy became intertwined during the First World War. The author examines the diplomatic, economic, financial and military relations between Britain and Russia and argues that the key to understanding the alliance is the British determination to win the war and the role Russia played in achieving this aim. British strategy is shown to be more the result of her relations with her allies, especially during the first years of the war, than a quarrel between East and West. This revision of the accepted interpretation of the strategy leads to a reassessment of the views of Lloyd George, Kitchener and Grey. The author concludes that in 1917 the British interest in Russia remained as it was earlier in the war: the maintenance of a powerful ally on the eastern front.

Socialism and the Challenge of War (RLE The First World War)
Socialism and the Challenge of War (RLE The First World War)

Author: Jay M. Winter

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-24

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1317700090

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The First World War marks a crucial period in the history of the socialist wing of the British labour movement. This book is an account of the development of the political ideas and activities of some of the most influential British socialist thinkers of that time: Beatrice and Sidney Webb, R. H. Tawney and G. D. H. Cole. The first part of the book examines the state of the Labour movement and of socialist ideas on the eve of the conflict, then turns to the central question of the impact of the War on the dissemination of British socialist ideas.

War and the State (RLE The First World War)
War and the State (RLE The First World War)

Author: Kathleen Burk

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-24

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1317700333

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This volume gives students and researchers an insight into British central government in 1914, how and why it altered during the war years and what permanent changes remained when the war was over. The war saw the scope of governmental intervention widened in an unprecedented manner. The contributors to this book analyse the reasons for this expansion and describe how the changes affected the government machine and the lives of the citizens. They consider why some innovations did not survive the coming of peace while others permanently transformed the duties and procedures of government.

British Agriculture in the First World War (RLE The First World War)
British Agriculture in the First World War (RLE The First World War)

Author: Peter Dewey

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-24

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1317703960

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This volume comprehensively describes how British farmers coped with the problems of shortage of labour and other factors of production, as well as assessing how well agriculture performed as a supplier of food to the nation. Use of previously neglected records provides much evidence on issues such as the deployment of substitute labour and the introduction of the tractor into British farming for the first time. Challenging accepted view on the period, the author shows that shortages of labour and other factors of production had only a slight effect on farm output and the national food supply.