The Supreme Command, 1914-1918: The Committee of Imperial Defence. The renaissance of the fleet
Author | : Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey Baron Hankey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1961 |
ISBN-10 | : UCD:31175038026293 |
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Rating | : 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Lord Hankey (1877-1963) was a British civil servant and the first Cabinet Secretary, a top aide to Prime Minister David Lloyd George and the War Cabinet that directed Britain in World War One. Mostly derived from the author's diaries, which begin in March 1915, this study describes how Lord Hankey contributed to the development of the British system of Cabinet Government during the war years. First published in 1961, the two-volume collection is a history of the Supreme Command of the War; the conduct of the war, the development of the Supreme Command from Balfour to Lloyd George, and the [end of the war].