Great Britain's economic blockade of Germany in World War I was one of the key elements to the victory of the Entente. Though Britain had been the leading exponent of blockades for two centuries, the World War I blockade was not effective at the outbreak of hostilities.

Eric W. Osborne

Series Editor's Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. Foreign Policy, Naval Commitments, and the Changes to Blockade, 1756-1904, 2. The Culmination of Faith in International Law: The Second Hague Conference and the Declaration of London, 1905-11, 3. Blockade Preparations in the Final Years of Peace, 1911-14, 4. Britain at War: The First Steps for Blockade in 1914, 5. The Year of Frustration, Stalemate, and Doubt, 1915, 6. The Blockade Strengthens, 1916, 7. The Critical Year, 1917, 8. The Last Year of War, and the Final Legacy of the Blockade in the Peace, 1918-July 1919, 9. Conclusion, Bibliography, Index