Lloyd George
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Lloyd George

War Leader, 1916-1918

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eBook - ePub

Lloyd George

War Leader, 1916-1918

About this book

John Grigg's four volume life of Lloyd George is one of the great political biographies. This, the final volume, opens with Lloyd George's succession to the Premiership in December 1916, when Britain faced starvation and defeat through the German U-boat campaign, its allies France, Russia and Italy were tottering, the Liberal Party was bitterly divided and unrest in Ireland was growing. Worst of all, military chiefs regarded themselves as at least the equals of the government. To resolve these crises required ruthlessness, political genius and leadership of the highest order. In this thrilling book we see one of Britain's most resourceful Prime Ministers in brilliant action, steering his country to victory.

It is a tragedy John Grigg didn't live to complete his magnum opus but what exists is a masterpiece. Faber Finds is reissuing the four volumes: The Young Lloyd George , Lloyd George: The People's Champion 1902-1911 , Lloyd George: From Peace to War 1912-1916 , Lloyd George: War Leader 1916-1918 .

'With the volume, Grigg crowns the edifice of one of the great biographies of our time.'
Anthony Howard - Sunday Times

'A fitting climax to a path-breaking study.'
John Campbell, Independent, Books of the Year

'Superb... the fullest account we shall ever have of Lloyd George's career as a wartime Prime Minister. It is a fascinating story and is told with panache, vigour, clarity and impartiality by a great biographer... brings out as never before the brilliance of Lloyd George's finest hour.'
Robert Blake, Evening Standard

'A major publishing event... Grigg mingles factual precision, high-interest value and judgements which are mostly as wise as they are forthright.'
Roy Jenkins, Sunday Telegraph, Books of the Year

'Gripping... essential... This wonderful biography, clear and authoritative, every page a lesson in how to write narrative history, well up to its preceding volumes, recreates both a time of acute national danger and an extraordinary man.'
Max Egremont, Financial Times

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Landing Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Abbreviations Used in Footnotes
  7. List Of Maps
  8. Publisher’s Note
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. 1: Extreme Danger
  11. 2: War Cabinet
  12. 3: Conference at Calais
  13. 4: Crisis at Sea and Revolution in Russia
  14. 5: America Comes In
  15. 6: Nivelle’s Nemesis
  16. 7: Electoral Reform and Industrial Unrest
  17. 8: Farming and Food
  18. 9: Honours
  19. 10: Haig Gets His Way
  20. 11: New Appointments
  21. 12: Arthur Henderson and Neville Chamberlain
  22. 13: Lloyd George’s Boswell
  23. 14: War from the Air
  24. 15: Passchendaele
  25. 16: Clemenceau
  26. 17: The ‘House Party’
  27. 18: Allied Conclaves
  28. 19: The Balfour Declaration
  29. 20: Manpower
  30. 21: Speeches
  31. 22: Rhondda and Rationing
  32. 23: Robertson Goes
  33. 24: Before the Storm
  34. 25: Ludendorff’s Offensive
  35. 26: Extending Conscription
  36. 27: The Maurice Affair
  37. 28: The Germans Advance Again
  38. 29: The Imperial War Cabinet Reconvenes
  39. 30: The Russian Dimension
  40. 31: The Police Strike
  41. 32: Decisive Success in the West
  42. 33: Newspaper Coup
  43. Afterword
  44. Index
  45. Plates
  46. About the Author
  47. Copyright