Introduction. Part 1: 1914-1917 and American Neutrality: British Relations with Private America 1. British Purchasing, August 1914 to May 1915, and the Appointment of J. P. Morgan & Co 2. British Purchasing in America: The Ministry of Munitions, June 1915-April 1917 3. Purchasing and the Allies, 1914-1917 4. Financial Relations, 1914-1915: The Growth of British Dependence 5.

Financial Relations, 1916-1917: the Slide to Disaster and the Advent of the Treasury Mission Part 2: 1917-1918 and the Love-hate Relationship: British Relations with Public America 6. The Balfour Mission, April ¿ May 1917: the American Giant Awakens 7. The Northcliffe Mission, June-November 1917: the Imposition of American Control 8. The Reading Missions, September-November 1917 and February-November 1918 9. Financial Relations, 1917-1918: Crisis, Humiliation and Chagrin. Epilogue.