The Supreme Command, 1914-1918 [Complete in 2 volumes]

Hankey, Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey Baron (1877-1963)

1961, First Edition. London : Allen and Unwin. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #480062

Physical description: 2 volumes illustrations 24 cm. Contents: Volume 1. The Committee of Imperial Defence. The renaissance of the fleet -- Naval reorganization -- Coast defences -- Naval strategy and co-ordination -- The committee of imperial defence -- Policy -- Grand strategy -- Economic pressure -- The declaration of London -- Supplies -- Miscellaneous precautions -- The war-book -- Empire co-operation -- General view of our defensive preparations -- 1914 -- The Cabinet. The outbreak of war -- The march of events -- The cabinet and the western front -- Antwerp -- Home defence -- Breakdown of the old cabinet system -- The Cabinets: names of Chief Ministers -- The War Council. The war council at work -- The general situation, January 1915 -- Towards a policy -- The policy of the war council -- Military forces for the Dardanelles -- Political and naval set-backs -- Disillusionment -- The end of the liberal government -- A retrospect -- The Dardanelles Committee. Coalition -- Reinforcements for Gallipoli -- The supreme command among allies -- Belligerent rights -- The freedom of the seas -- A visit to the Dardanelles -- Suvla -- After Suvla -- The origin of the Balkan campaign -- The end of the Dardanelles Committee.
Volume 2. (continues): The War Committee. Reorganization of the Supreme Command -- Developments in the Allied Supreme Command -- The evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula -- The beginning of the war of attrition -- National Military Service -- Peace kites -- Italy -- The war at sea. U-boat warfare- Jutland -- Preparation for the Western Offensive- tanks -- The death of Lord Kitchener -- The Summer Offensive, 1916 -- The Dardanelles and Mesopotamia Commissions -- New Allies -- Organization of the Supreme Command at the end of 1916 -- The fall of the First Coalition Government -- The War Cabinet and Imperial War Cabinet. Dictatorship in commission -- The Secretariat -- Problems of the War Cabinet -- War aims, policy and plans for 1917 -- General Nivelle -- The submarine problem -- The Convoy system -- Changes at the Admiralty -- The Imperial War Cabinet, 1917 -- Strain -- The War Policy Committee, 1917 -- The Battle of Flanders -- The Supreme War Council. The creation of the Supreme War Council -- The launch of the Supreme War Council -- The first Versailles meeting -- Peace probes -- Man power and American assistance, 1918 -- The adjustment of the line: the Western front revisited -- The Supreme War Council at work, January 1918 -- The supersession of Sir William Robertson -- The 21st March, 1918 -- Reflections on the German offensive -- The treat to Paris -- High tide -- The committee of Prime Ministers -- Knocking away the props -- The German Armistice -- The journey home. Subjects: Great Britain. Committee of Imperial Defence. Great Britain. War Cabinet.

Price: €125.00