Too Important for the Generals

One of the great questions in the ongoing discussions and debate about the First World War is why did winning take so long and exact so appalling a human cost? The author argues that from day one of the war Britain was wrong-footed by absurdly faulty French military doctrine and paid, as a result, an unnecessarily high price in casualties.

Una dintre marile intrebari din discutiile si dezbaterile in curs despre Primul Razboi Mondial este de ce a castigat a durat atat de mult si exact atat de ingrozitor un cost uman? Autorul sustine ca, din prima zi a razboiului, Marea Britanie a fost gresita de doctrina militara franceza absurda si a platit, ca urmare, un pret inutil de mare pentru victime.