Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Bibliographical Abbreviations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. I. Liberal-Imperialism 29
7. II. The Liberal League and the Policy of National Efficiency 48
8. III. The Coefficients Club 73
9. IV. The Tariff Reform Movement: "Le revenu c'est I'etat" 96
10. V. Lloyd George and the Tariff Reformers 133
11. VI. The Budget and the Peers 146
12. VII. The Lloyd George Plan 172
13. VIII. The Coalition Plan in the Prewar Crisis 211
14. IX. The Rise and Fall of the First Coalition 250
15. X. Lloyd George's Estrangement 280
16. XI. "Advocates of Another Method" 306
17. XII. The Coalition Government 336
18. Bibliography 387
19. Index 409
20. Backmatter 417