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S8 Ep1165: Nick Lloyd describes British leadership during the Great War as defined by constant arguments, doubt, and backstabbing among its
Nick Lloyd describes British leadership during the Great War as defined by constant arguments, doubt, and backstabbing among its political and military elite. Prime Minister H.H. Asquith and War Minister Lord Kitchener struggled to manage the war's unexpected scale, which saw the British army balloon from a tiny expeditionary force to a massive 60-division organization within eighteen months. The replacement of Asquith by David Lloyd George brought a new wave of "infectious energy" to the war effort, though he maintained notoriously poor relations with Douglas Haig. Lloyd George's distrust of…
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