This volume is part of a series of memoirs covering the period from 1912 to the end of the Great War. Specifically, it covers events from the outbreak of war until the new year. Beginning as the German armies roll into Belgium, Raymond Poincar', the President of the Third French Republic, tells the story of the military, political and diplomatic crises that assailed the government and almost overwhelmed the country. We see the political leadership attempt to deal with all the neglect and lack of preparation that they themselves allowed to develop, even as Germany turned herself into a...