Recent research has largely destroyed the fallacy that most of the powers declared war in 1914 without any clear perception of why and to what ultimate end. War

This book illustrates the relationship between British military policy and the development of British war aims during the opening years of the First World War.

This book gives students an informed insight into the British experience in the First World War. The contributors, all established First World War historians, h

This book illustrates the relationship between British military policy and the development of British war aims during the opening years of the First World War.