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Asquith As War Leader
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Author : George H. Cassar
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 1994-01-01
Asquith As War Leader written by George H. Cassar and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with History categories.
Asquith was at the pinnacle of his success when the course of his life and that of his country was changed by the outbreak of the First World War. Instead of being over by Christmas 1914, the war became a stalemate, with opposing trenches extending from the Channel coast to the Swiss border. During the initial stages of the war Asquith's oratory, tact and skill, combined with his imperturbability and prestige, made him indispensable. As the war dragged on, his failure to show the ruthlessness needed to win at any cost made him ill-suited to direct the nation in total war. In December 1916 Asquith was manoeuvred out of Downing Street by Lloyd George. Asquith as War Leader is the first comprehensive study of this exceptionally talented Prime Minister's war record. In a thorough examination of British war policy, with its evolutionary shifts and internal dissensions, George H. Cassar has defined the precise nature of Asquith's involvement and responsibility. He describes Asquith's part in bringing Britain into the war, in shaping war aims and strategy, and in mobilising the nation's resources. Because he was not the Prime Minister who won in 1918, Asquith's achievements in dealing with the problems of fighting a war on an unprecedented scale have been insufficiently recognised.
Margot Asquith S Great War Diary 1914 1916
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Author : Michael Brock
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2014-06-26
Margot Asquith S Great War Diary 1914 1916 written by Michael Brock and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-26 with History categories.
Margot Asquith was the wife of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister who led Britain into war in August 1914. Asquith's early war leadership drew praise from all quarters, but in December 1916 he was forced from office in a palace coup, and replaced by Lloyd George, whose career he had done so much to promote. Margot had both the literary gifts and the vantage point to create, in her diary of these years, a compelling record of her husband's fall from grace. An intellectual socialite with the airs, if not the lineage, of an aristocrat, Margot was both a spectator and a participant in the events she describes, and in public affairs could be an ally or an embarrassment - sometimes both. Her diary vividly evokes the wartime milieu as experienced in 10 Downing Street, and describes the great political battles that lay behind the warfare on the Western Front, in which Asquith would himself lose his eldest son. The writing teems with character sketches, including Lloyd George ('a natural adventurer who may make or mar himself any day'), Churchill ('Winston's vanity is septic'), and Kitchener ('a man brutal by nature and by pose'). Never previously published, this candid, witty, and worldly diary gives us a unique insider's view of the centre of power, and an introduction by Michael Brock, in addition to explanatory footnotes and appendices written with his wife Eleanor, provide the context and background information we need to appreciate them to the full.
H H Asquith
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Author : V. Markham Lester
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-07-08
H H Asquith written by V. Markham Lester and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-08 with History categories.
H. H. Asquith: Last of the Romans chronicles the life of H. H. Asquith (1852–1928), the longest-serving British prime minister between Lord Liverpool and Margaret Thatcher. In this study, V. Markham Lester argues that the key to understanding Asquith is to recognize the classical virtues he acquired early in his education. Employing unpublished sources and documents made public since the last full-scale biography of Asquith was published more than forty years ago, Lester challenges many interpretations in earlier biographies. Previous studies of Asquith have often glossed over his education and early years, contending that his development did not contribute materially to his mature outlook. On the contrary, by examining thoroughly Asquith’s early career—particularly his tenure as home secretary and his time as a barrister—this book offers unappreciated insights into Asquith’s character and development as a political leader. Lester further challenges the previous conclusions that Asquith failed as a war leader, demonstrating that Asquith succeeded in meeting the novel challenges of World War I and that his accomplishments have been insufficiently understood. He explains how Asquith’s lifelong reliance on rational thought, eloquence, and self-control produced the impressive leadership required to hold the fragile government together as it struggled to handle the unexpected and unprecedented challenges of world war and to lay the foundation for ultimate victory in the Great War.
Lloyd George
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Author : John Grigg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Lloyd George written by John Grigg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Lloyd George became Prime Minister at a crucial point in the history of his country. There was a threat to British naval power, the Liberal party - to which he belonged - was bitterly divided and the unrest in Ireland was a growing menace. This account reveals the extent of Lloyd George's innovations in government and their impact on traditional Britain. It also describes how he steered Britain to victory in World War II, handling the generals and politicians at home with great skill.
Lloyd George At War 1916 1918
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Author : George H. Cassar
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2009
Lloyd George At War 1916 1918 written by George H. Cassar and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Lloyd George at War, 1916-1918' refutes the traditional view that Lloyd George was the person most responsible for winning the Great War.
Asquith
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Author : Stephen E. Koss
language : en
Publisher: Allan Lane
Release Date : 1976
Asquith written by Stephen E. Koss and has been published by Allan Lane this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Kitchener S War
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Author : George H. Cassar
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books
Release Date : 2004
Kitchener S War written by George H. Cassar and has been published by Potomac Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A new study of one of Britain s most famous soldiers
Herbert Henry Asquith
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Author : Dhirubhai Patel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-08
Herbert Henry Asquith written by Dhirubhai Patel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-08 with categories.
Early life and career of Herbert Henry Asquith: 1852-1908 - Peacetime prime minister: 1908-1914 - First year of the war: August 1914 - May 1915 - First Coalition: May 1915 - December 1916 - Fall: November-December 1916 - Wartime Opposition Leader: 1916-1918 - Decline and eclipse: 1918-1926 - Final years: 1926-1928 - Asquith's descendants - Assessment
H H Asquith Letters To Venetia Stanley
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Author : Herbert Henry Asquith
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2014
H H Asquith Letters To Venetia Stanley written by Herbert Henry Asquith and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
H. H. Asquith fell in love with Venetia Stanley in the spring of 1912. Over the next three years he wrote to her whenever he could not see her: sometimes three times a day, sometimes during a debate in the house of Commons, on occasion even during a Cabinet meeting. He shared many political and military secrets with her and wrote freely of his colleagues in government, who included LLoyd George, Churchill, and Kitchener. The correspondence ended abruptly in May 1915 when Venetia told Asquith of her engagement to a junior Cabinet Minister, Edwin Montagu. The Prime Minister, who was at a crisis in his political fortunes, confessed himself utterly heart-broken. This reissue of Asquith's letters to Venetia Stanley includes explanatory notes from Michael and Eleanor Brock, two of the leading authorities in the field. This volume documents a romance, and yet is vital reading for anyone interested in the history of World War I or in British politics of the time.
Margot Asquith S Great War Diary 1914 1916
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Author : Margot Asquith
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2014
Margot Asquith S Great War Diary 1914 1916 written by Margot Asquith and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Diary of the wife of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister who lead Great Britain during the first two years of World War I. Covers the early war years and Lloyd George's defeat of Asquith's government in December 1916.