The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts Biography and Autobiography British Politicians and Diplomats
RCC7749
The Genesis of The War
by H.H. Asquith
ISBN
Purchase Price
£8.50 (second hand)
Date Purchased
November 21, 2018
Publisher
Cassell and Company Limited (1923, London)
Notes
This book could just as easily have been placed in the "Prelude to War" category, all the more so because Asquith commences his Preface with the observation that "this book is in no sense an autobiography". Yet it is a narrative of the prelude to war, starting with a description of Anglo-German relations from the late Victorian Era to the outbreak of war, with more emphasis as the author approaches August 1914, and then a description of the critical period between the Sarajevo Assassination and the actual commencement of hostilities, and finally, the entry into the war. Asquith was a major player throughout this period, so this is a story being told by someone who was present, in some way, at every point of the way, and who was in a supposedly influential position for quite some time. So we have decided that the book rightly belongs in the biography and autobiography category.
Purchase Price
£8.50 (second hand)
Date Purchased
November 21, 2018
Publisher
Cassell and Company Limited (1923, London)
Notes
This book could just as easily have been placed in the "Prelude to War" category, all the more so because Asquith commences his Preface with the observation that "this book is in no sense an autobiography". Yet it is a narrative of the prelude to war, starting with a description of Anglo-German relations from the late Victorian Era to the outbreak of war, with more emphasis as the author approaches August 1914, and then a description of the critical period between the Sarajevo Assassination and the actual commencement of hostilities, and finally, the entry into the war. Asquith was a major player throughout this period, so this is a story being told by someone who was present, in some way, at every point of the way, and who was in a supposedly influential position for quite some time. So we have decided that the book rightly belongs in the biography and autobiography category.