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A detailed study of the interaction between Lloyd George and the military authorities over the conduct of the Great War based largely on primary sources.

World War I conjures up visions of barbed wire, trenches, mud and massive and futile offensives with horrendous casualties. The frustrating stalemate on the western front with its unprecedented casualties provoked a furious debate in London between the civil and military authorities over the best way to defeat Germany. The passions aroused continued to the present day. The mercurial and dynamic David Lloyd George stood at the centre of this co...

Sir William Robertson served as the professional head of the army and as the constitutional military adviser to Asquith and Lloyd George from 1915 to 1918. This account critically examines his leadership of the general staff as the burden of fighting the German army fell to the British.

In the modern popular imagination, the British Army's campaign in the Middle East during World War I is considered somehow less brutal than the fighting on European battlefields. A romantic view of this conflict has been further encouraged by such films as Lawrence of Arabia and The Light Horsemen. In Hell in the Holy Land, David R. Woodward uses graphic eyewitness accounts from the diaries, letters, and memoirs of British soldiers who fought ...

During the crucial period of 1917-1918, the United States superseded Great Britain as the premier power in the world. The differing strategic perspectives of London and Washington were central to the tensions and misunderstandings that separated the two dominant powers in 1918 and determined how these two countries would interact following the Armistice. David R. Woodward traces the projection of American military power to western Europe and a...

World War I has been referred to as the "war to end all wars" and ended with 10 million casualties. It was the first global war of the 20th century and also the first war to feature highly mechanized warfare--including tanks, airplanes, and poison gas. As a result of this cataclysmic event, great empires crumbled and new nations sprang into being. The political aftershocks of the "Great War" are still felt today from Palestine to the Balkans.W...