VIII. Sir Robert Borden, Lloyd George and British Military Policy, 1917–1918
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8958040 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George L Cook (Simon Fraser University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 371-395 |
| Publication date | 1971-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x00009651 |
| OpenAlex | W2120671657 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
‘Let the past bury its dead, but for God's sake let us get down to earnest endeavour and hold this line until ... the end.’ No other words can more adequately express, after four years of war, the sheer agony of the Canadian Prime Minister, Sir Robert L. Borden. These words also suggest both his attitude to the war in general and his intense frustration with die supreme direction. Like Lloyd George, Borden was an exponent of total war and of victory. His proclamation that Canada was ‘fighting not for a truce but victory’, was strikingly similar to Lloyd George's own declaration that ‘the fight must be to a finish—to a knockout’. The objective, proclaimed at die conclusion of the Somme battles, seemed no less remote in the middle of 1918. Over the last two, and most critical, years of the First World War there was constant contention within Britain over how the objective was to be secured. One aspect of the contention was the direct involvement of Dominion leaders, especially Sir Robert Borden
Ancient history · Art history · Dominion · George (robot · Political science · Politics · Prime minister · Proclamation · Victory · Australian History and Society · Canadian Identity and History · History · Law · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |