Arthur James Balfour, 1848-1930: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography

Arthur James Balfour is best known as Prime Minister and signer of the Balfour Declaration calling for a national home for Jews in Palestine. Less well known are his initiatives in creating a structure for strategic planning, preparation for, and fighting a war, the Committee for Imperial Defence, and chairing the committee which articulated the basis for the constitution of the British Commonwealth of Nations. This work provides an extensive survey of literature by and about Balfour.