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====Official histories, political memoirs, etc.====
*''History of the Great War Based on Official Documents: Military Operations''. See the various '''Fronts''' mentioned above.
*''Life of Lord Kitchener'' by Sir Arthur George 1920. ([https://archive.org/details/lifeoflordkitche01arthuoft/page/n6 Volume I]; [https://archive.org/details/lifeoflordkitche02arthuoft/page/n8 Volume II]); [https://archive.org/details/lifeoflordkitche03arthrich/page/n8 Volume III] Archive.org. He was appointed Secretary of State for War in August 1914 and died in 1916 when the ship HMS Hampshire struck a German mine.
*[https://archive.org/details/momentsofmemoryr011518mbp/page/n9 ''Moments of Memory: Recollections and Impressions''] by Herbert Asquith 1938. Archive.org. The author was the son of H H Asquith who was Prime Minister of Great Britain at the commencement of the war until December 1916. Contains chapters about the beginning of the war. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Asquith_(poet) Herbert Asquith (poet)]
*''War Memoirs of David Lloyd George''. New edition 1938. [https://archive.org/details/warmemoirsvolume035284mbp Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.527708 Volume II] Archive.org. Originally published in 6 volumes 1933-1937. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.172878 I]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.172812 II]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80059 III]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80060 IV]; V not available online; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.459578 VI]. Archive.org. USA edition (volumes split slightly differently) [https://archive.org/details/warmemoirsofdavi00lloy/page/n7 1914-1915], [https://archive.org/details/warmemoirsofdavi00lloy_0/page/n7 1915-1916], [https://archive.org/details/warmemoirsofdavi00lloy_1/page/n7 1916-1917], [https://archive.org/details/warmemoirsofdavi00lloy_2/page/n7 1917], [https://archive.org/details/warmemoirsofdavi00lloy_3/page/n7 1917-1918], [https://archive.org/details/warmemoirsofdavi00lloy_4/page/n5 1918] Archive.org. It is stated elsewhere that the new edition is complete and unabridged apart from essential revisions. David Lloyd George was Prime Minister of the UK 1916-1922.
