British Economic and Strategic Planning

David French, Lecturer in Modern Political History, University College, London

• Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1. Nineteenth-century political economy and the problem of war Chapter 2. The strategy of 'business as usual' Chapter 3. Munitions and the Edwardian army Chapter 4. Economic planning for 'business as usual' Chapter 5. The limits of prewar planning Chapter 6. The July crisis Chapter 7. The Failure of 'business as usual' Chapter 8. Kitchener and the creation of the 'Nation in Arms', August-December 1914 Chapter 9. The war in France, 1914-15 Chapter 10. Lloyd George and Total war Chapter 11. Conclusion: The unresolved dilemmas of economic strategy