Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Dedication; Chapter 1. Escaping from Wales 1863-1898; The Law, Marriage and politics; Election to Parliament; Chapter 2. In the Footsteps of Chamberlain 1899-1908; The South African War; The Education Controversy; President of the Board of Trade; Chapter 3. The New Liberalism 1908-1914; The 'People's Budget'; Lloyd George and Coalition; National Insurance; Frances Stevenson; The Marconi Scandal; Women's Suffrage; The Land Campaign; Chapter 4. War and Peace 1908-1916; The Entry into War; Munitions and Strategy
Military ConscriptionThe Fall of Asquith; Chapter 5. The Government of National Efficiency 1916-1918; Food and the Shipping Crisis; Manpower and Industrial Relations; The Struggle over Military Strategy; The Coupon Election; Chapter 6. The Failure of the Centre Party 1918-1922; The Paris Peace Conference; Domestic Reform and Retrenchment; Empire and the Irish Treaty; Personal Government; The Fall of the Coalition; Chapter 7. The Rediscovery of Radicalism 1922-1945; Liberal Reunion; The New Radicalism; MacDonald and the National Government
Conclusions: Lloyd George and the Centrist Tradition in Modern British PoliticsBibliographical Essay; Chronology; Index
Summary
An up-to-date synthesis and original interpretation of Lloyd George's life, personality and political career. This study challenges the traditional view of Lloyd George as an outsider in British politics, explains the political, economic and social achievements of his career and his role in effecting those changes
