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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Figures vi
4. Foreword vii
5. Acknowledgements ix
6. Abbreviations x
7. Preface xiii
8. Introduction 1
9. 1 The Admiralty War Staff, 1912–1918: An Analysis of the Personnel 15
10. 2 The Establishment of the War Staff, and its Work before the Outbreak of War in August 1914 53
11. 3 The Churchill–Battenberg Regime, August–October 1914 75
12. 4 The Churchill–Fisher Regime, October 1914–May 1915 104
13. 5 The Balfour–Jackson Regime, May 1915–November 1916 131
14. 6 The Jellicoe Era, November 1916–December 1917 170
15. 7 The Geddes–Wemyss Regime, December 1917–November 1918 214
16. Conclusion 238
17. Appendix A: Senior Admiralty and Staff Officials 247
18. Appendix B: The Admiralty Telephone Directories, 1914–1918 250
19. Appendix C: Administrative Development of the Admiralty War Staff, 1912–1918 306
20. Bibliography 309
21. Index 321