This series has five easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: IntroductoryReflections.IntroductionThe scramble of the nations of
Churchill Concentrates British Fleet
Today's installment concludes Britain Prepares for World War I,our selection from The World Crisis, Vol. 1 by Winston S. Churchill published in
Churchill Issues Official Warning to Fleet
On this same day I obtained from the Cabinet the authority to put into force the ‘Precautionary Period’ regulations.Continuing Britain Prepares for
Britain’s Non-alliance With France
The fact that we should come in appeared so uncertain that it did not weigh as it should have done with the Germans.Continuing Britain Prepares for
Will Britain Enter WWI?
I will now examine the alternative question of whether more decided action by Sir Edward Grey at an early stage would have prevented the war. We must
First Cabinet Meetings on Crisis
The Cabinet was overwhelmingly pacific. At least three-quarters of its members were determined not to be drawn into a European quarrel.Continuing
It All Depended no the Czar
On Saturday afternoon the news came in that Serbia had accepted the ultimatum. I went to bed with a feeling things might blow over.Continuing
Britain Prepares for World War I
This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Just as the Meeting Was Ending.IntroductionWhat was it like when the