George H. Cassar is Professor of Military and Modern European History at Eastern Michigan University and a leading authority on Britain at war.

‘Cassar’s views cannot be lightly set aside. […] His case against Lloyd George is well made […] Measured and reasonable […] A fine scholarly study, founded on deep research and knowledge […] It is of more than just historical interest […] At a time when the UK’s strategy, or lack of it, is receiving considerable attention, Cassar’s careful study of how and why things went wrong is worth more than a passing glance.’ —Gary Sheffield, 'The RUSI Journal'

• Illustrations; Maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Setting the Stage; Part I: The Home Front; The Search for a Manpower Policy; The Challenge of Labor; Controlling Shipping and Food; Part II: Strategy and the War; The First Attempt at a Unified Command; Facing the Submarine Menace; Prelude to Catastrophe; The Horror of Passchendaele; The Peripheral War; The Quest for a Negotiated Peace; The Creation of the Supreme War Council; The Plans for 1918; Before the Storm; Crisis on the Western Front; The Maurice Affair; The Origins of Intervention in Russia; The German Advance Halted; The Turn of the Tide; The Road to the Armistice; Conclusion; Bibliography