Talk:War Policy Committee

World War I Sources

• Amery, Leo, My Political Life, Vol. I, England Before the Storm (1896-1914), London, Hutchinson, 1953 [67 milner entries]
• Amery, Leo, My Political Life, Vol. II, War and Peace (1914-1929), London: Hutchinson, 1953 [81 milner entries]
• Amery, Leo, My Political Life, Vol. III, The Unforgiving Years (1929-1940), London: Hutchinson, 1955 [3 milner entries]
• Aston, MG George, The Biography of the Late Marshal Foch, New York: MacMillan, 1929
• Blake, Robert, The Private Papers of Douglas Haig, 1914-1919, London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1952 [60 milner entries]
• Bond, Brian, The First World War and British Military History, Oxford, Clarendon, 1991 [a chronology of publications]
• Buchan, John, A History of the Great War, Vol. IV, Boston: Houghton, 1922
• Bugnet, Major Charles, Foch Speaks, New York: Dial, 1929
• Callwell, MG C.E., Field Marshal Sir Heny Wilson, His Life and Diaries, Vol. I, London: Cassell, 1927 [59 milner entries; goes to 1917]
• Callwell, MG C.E., Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, His Life and Diaries, Vol II, London: Cassell, 1927 [156 milner entries; starts mid 1917]
• Churchill, Randolph S, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. I, "Youth" 1874-1900, London: Heinemann, 1966
• Churchill, Randolph S, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. I, Companion Part 1 1874-1896, London: Heinemann, 1967
• Churchill, Randolph S, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. I, Companion Part 2 1896-1900, London: Heinemann, 1967
• Churchill, Randolph S, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. II, "Young Statesman" 1901-1914, London: Heinemann, 1967
• Churchill, Randolph S, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. II, Companion Part 1 1901-1907, London: Heinemann, 1969
• Churchill, Randolph S, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. II, Companion Part 2 1907-1911, London: Heinemann, 1969
• Churchill, Randolph S, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. II, Companion Part 3 1911-1914, London: Heinemann, 1969
• Churchill, Winston S, The Gathering Storm, New York: Houghton, 1948 [until May 10, 1940]
• Churchill, Winston S, Great Contemporaries, London: Thornton, 1937
• Churchill, Winston S, Lord Randolph Churchill, Vol. I, London: MacMillan, 1907
• Churchill, Winston S, Lord Randolph Churchill, Vol. II, London: MacMillan, 1907
• Churchill, Winston S, The World Crisis, 1911-1914, London: Thornton Butterfield, 1923 [0 milner entries]
• Churchill, Winston S, The World Crisis, 1915, London: Thornton Butterfield, 1923 [0 milner entries]
• Churchill, Winston S, The World Crisis, 1916-1918, Part I, London: Thornton Butterfield, 1927 [0 milner entries]
• Churchill, Winston S, The World Crisis, 1916-1918, Part II, London: Thornton Butterfield, 1927 [6 milner entries, doullens, pg. 424]
• Churchill, Winston S, The World Crisis, The Aftermath, London: Thornton Butterfield, 1929 [1 milner entry]
• Churchill, Winston S, My Early Life, London: Thornton Butterworth, 1930 [3 milner entries]
• Churchill, Winston S, The World Crisis, The Eastern Front, London: Thornton Butterfield, 1931 [0 milner entries]
• Churchill, Winston S, A History of the English Speaking Peoples, New York: Dodd, 1965
• Churchill, Winston S, His Complete Speeches, Vol. I, 1897-1908, New York: Chelsea, 1975
• Churchill, Winston S, Churchill Speaks, Collected Speeches, 1897-1963, London: Winward, 1980
• Clemenceau, Georges, Grandeur and Misery of Victory, New York: Harcourt, 1930
• Cooper, Duff, Haig. London: Faber & Faber, 1935 [2 milner entries]
• Cooper, Duff, Haig, The Second Volume, London: Faber & Faber, 1936 [55 milner entries]
• Curtis, Lionel, With Milner in South Africa, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1951
• Edmonds, Sir James E, History of the Great War, Vol I, France and Belgium, to October 1914, London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1937
• Edmonds, Sir James E, History of the Great War, Vol III, France and Belgium, The Battle of Cambrai, 1917, London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1948
• Edmonds, Sir James E, History of the Great War, Military Operations, France and Belgium, the March Offensive, 1918, London: MacMillan, 1935 [18 milner entries]
• Edmonds, Sir James E, History of the Great War, continued, continuation of the German Offensive, London: MacMillan, 1937 [16 milner entries] March 27 to April 30
• Edmonds, Sir James E, History of the Great War, continued, May-July: The German Diversion Offensives and the First Allied Counter-Offensive, London: MacMillan, 1939 [8 milner entries]
• Edmonds, Sir James E, History of the Great War, Vol IV continued, 8 August-26 September: The Franco-British Offensive, London: HMSO, 1947 [2 milner entries]
• Edmonds, Sir James E, History of the Great War, Vol V, France and Belgium, 26 Sep to Nov 11, 1918, London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1947 [0 milner entries]
• Gilbert, Martin, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. III, "The Challenge of War" 1914-1916, London: Heinemann, 1971
• Gilbert, Martin, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. III, Companion Part 1 July 1914-April 1915, London: Heinemann, 1972
• Gilbert, Martin, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. III, Companion Part 2 May 1915-December 1916, London: Heinemann, 1972
• Gilbert, Martin, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. IV, "The Stricken World" 1917-1922, London: Heinemann, 1975
• Gilbert, Martin, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. IV, Companion Part 1 January 1917-June 1919, London: Heinemann, 1977
• Gilbert, Martin, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. IV, Companion Part 2 July 1919-March 1921, London: Heinemann, 1977
• Gilbert, Martin, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. IV, Companion Part 3 April 1921-November 1922, London: Heinemann, 1977
• Gilbert, Martin, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. V, "The Prophet of Truth" 1922-1939, Boston: Houghton, 1977
• Gilbert, Martin, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. V, Companion Part 1, "The Exchequer Years" 1922-1929, London: Heinemann, 1979
• Gilbert, Martin, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. V, Companion Part 2, "The Wilderness Years" 1929-1935, London: Heinemann, 1981
• Gilbert, Martin, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. V, Companion Part 3, "The Coming of War" 1935-1939, London: Heinemann, 1982
• Gilbert, Martin, Winston S. Churchill, Vol, VI, "Their Finest Hour" 1939-1941, London: Heinemann, 1983
• Gilbert, Martin, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. VII, "Road To Victory" 1941-1945, London: Heinemann, 1986
• Gilbert, Martin, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. VIII, "Never Despair" 1945-1965, London: Heinemann, 1988
• Gollin, Alfred, Proconsul in Politics, London: Blond, 1964
• Gough, Hubert, The Fifth Army in 1918, London: Hodder, 1931
• Gough, Hubert, The March Retreat, London: Cassell, 1934
• Gough, Hubert, Soldiering On: The Memoirs of General Sir Hubert Gough, New York: Speller, 1957
• Haig, Douglas, War Diaries and Letters, 1914-1918, London: Orion, 2005
• Halperin, Vladimir, Lord Milner and the Empire, London: Odhams, 1952
• Hankey, Maurice, The Supreme Command, Volume I (1914-1918), London: Allen 1961 (1914 & 1915, no Milner hits)
• Hankey, Maurice, The Supreme Command, Volume II (1914-1918), London: Allen, 1961 (1916 to 1918, 82 Milner hits)
• Hankey, Maurice, The Supreme Control, London, Allen, 1963 (The Paris Peace Conference, 1918, 8 Milner hits)
• Harris, J.P., Douglas Haig and the First World War, London: Cambridge, 2008 (32 Milner hits)
• Hobhouse, Emily, The Brunt of War and Where it Fell, London: Methuen, 1902
• Hochschild, Adam, To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion: 1914-1918, Boston: Houghton, 2011 [178 entries]
• Horne, F. Charles, Source Records of the Great War, Vol. VI, NewYork: National Alumni, 1923
• Huddleston, Sisley, Poincare: A Biographical Portrait, Boston: Little, Brown, 1924
• Keyes, John Maynard, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, London: MacMillan, 1920
• Lauchlin, Clara, Foch the Man, New York: Fleming Revell, 1918
• Laycock, Stuart, All the Countries We've Invaded, Gloucestershire: History Press, 2012
• Liddell Hart, B.H., Foch: The Man of Orleans, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1931
• Lloyd George, David, War Memoirs of David Lloyd George, Vol. I, Boston: Little Brown, October 1933 [0 milner entries]
• Lloyd George, David, War Memoirs of David Lloyd George, Vol. II, Boston: Little Brown, November 1933 [4 milner entries]
• Lloyd George, David, War Memoirs of David Lloyd George, Vol. III, Boston: Little Brown, October 1934 [39 milner entries]
• Lloyd George, David, War Memoirs of David Lloyd George', Vol. IV, Boston: Little Brown, November 1934 [17 milner entries]
• Lloyd George, David, War Memoirs of David Lloyd George, Vol. V, Boston: Little Brown, December 1936 [38 milner entries]
• Lloyd George, David, War Memoirs of David Lloyd George, Vol. VI, Boston: Little Brown, February 1937 [8 milner entries]
• Lloyd George, David, The Truth About the Peace Treaties, Vol. I, London: Gollancz, 1938 [32 milner entries, ends with Rue Nitot]
• Lloyd George, David, The Truth About the Peace Treaties, Vol. II, London: Gollancz, 1938 [14 milner entries]
• MacMillan, Margaret, Paris 1919, Six Months that Changed the World, New York: Random House, 2003
• Marlowe, John, Milner, Apostle of Empire, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1976
• Mott, Bentley, The Memoirs of Marshall Foch, London: Heinemann, 1931
• Nicolson, Harold, Peacemaking 1919, London: Methuen, 1933
• Owen, Frank, Tempestuous Journey, Lloyd George His Life and Times, London: Hutchinson, 1954
• Pakenham, Thomas, The Boer War, USA: Avon, 1979 (426 Milner hits)
• Ralph, Julian, War's Brighter Side, New York: Appleton, 1901
• Repington, Charles, The First World War, Part I, London: Constable, 1920 (to late 1917)
• Repington, Charles, The First World War, Part II, London: Constable, 1920
• Riddell, George, Lord Riddells War Diary 1914-1918, London: Nicholson, 1933
• Riddell, George, Lord Riddells Intimate Diary Of The Peace Conference And After, 1918-1923, London: Gollancz, 1933
• Robertson, William, Soldiers and Statesmen, Vol II, London: Cassell, 1926
• Roskill, Stephen, Hankey, Man of Secrets, Volume I, (1877-1918), London: Collins, 1970 (129 Milner hits)
• Roskill, Stephen, Hankey, Man of Secrets, Volume II, (1919-1931), London: Collins, 1970 (25 Milner hits)
• Smith, Gene, Until The Last Trumpet Sounds, New York: Wiley, 1998
• Taylor, A.J.P., English History, 1914-1945, Oxford: Claredon, 1965
• Terril, Gabriel, The Unique Command, Paris: Ollendorff, 1920 (in French)
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 1 (Intro), London: The Times, 1914
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 2 (in France 1914), London: The Times, 1915
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 3 (South African Rebellion), London: The Times, 1915
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 4 (trench warfare), London: The Times, 1915
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 5 (Dardenelles), London: The Times, 1915
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 6 (late 1914-fall 1915), London: The Times, 1916
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 7 (1916), London: The Times, 1917
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 8 (the draft), London: The Times, 1916
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 9 (mid 1916), London: The Times, 1916
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 10 (the decline of Asquith), London: The Times, 1917
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 11 (late 1916), London: The Times, 1917
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 12 (the war gov't), London, The Times, 1917
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 13 (USA enters), London: The Times, 1917
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 14 (Western Offensives, 1917), London: The Times, 1919
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 15 (food & shipping 1917), London: The Times, 1918
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 16 (1917), London: The Times, 1918
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 17 (Winter 1917 - Spring 1918), London: The Times, 1918
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 18 (German Offensives in 1918), London: The Times, 1919
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 19 (Battle of Amiens), London: The Times, 1919
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 20 (Armistice), London: The Times, 1919
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 21 (Conclusion), London: The Times, 1920
• The Times, History of the War, Vol. 22 (Index), London: The Times, 1921
• VanDiver, Frank, Black Jack, The Life and Times of John J. Pershing, Vol. I, College Station, TX: A&M University, 1977
• VanDiver, Frank, Black Jack, The Life and Times of John J. Pershing, Vol. II, College Station, TX: A&M University, 1977
• Winter, Denis, Haig's Command: A Reassessment, London: Penguin, 1991 [35 milner entries]
• Worsfold, W. Basil, Lord Milner's Work in South Africa (1897-1902), New York: E. P. Dutton, 1906
• Wrench, John Evelyn, Geoffrey Dawson and Our Times, London: Hutchinson, 1955
• Wrench, John Evelyn, Alfred Lord Milner: The Man of No Illusions, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958
• Wright, Peter, At The Supreme War Council, New York: G.P. Putnam, 1921

It wasn't the only one!

That's an impressive reading list above.

We now have articles on the 1917 WPC and the 1918 X Committee. I hope we are going to have articles on the 1914-15 War Council, the 1915 Dardanelles Committee and the 1916 War Committee in due course. Once they've been created, they can be worked on and improved.

A lot more work needs to be done on (a) Munitions and (b) Manpower (we don't even have an article on the 1916-18 Manpower Crisis). I guess I may end up doing this when I can find the ruddy time.

And specifically, there was actually another short-lived "War Policy Committee" to discuss manpower and the relative needs of the Army and industry, I think early in 1916 in around autumn 1915 just before the Derby Scheme came in, when it was already beginning to dawn on the politicians that the huge army to whose creation they had rashly agreed was simply beyond Britain's capacity to sustain (it's a bit unfair to blame the initial decision on the generals, even if Robertson's intrigues for conscription make uncomfortable reading nowadays and military demands for manpower did become increasingly ludicrous by 1917-18). I don't think it needs a separate article - just a mention in this article and in the article on conscription/manpower when the latter gets written.

Regards.Paulturtle (talk) 04:21, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

External Links

Jan Smuts addresses Parliament in 1942: Link