When I read the description of this book from Amazon I thought it would be either a. boring or b. repetitious of books I have read previously. Neither was true. Even though I have knowledge of the strategies Britain used during the war, this book explained the underlying goal of the various strategies. For example, why was Lloyd George so interested in moving artillery to Italy for use against Austria-Hungary? Outwardly, the goal was to knock away Germany's allies. However, that was partially true. A large part of the goal was to remove Germany's allies, but to sacrifice the troops of Britain's allies to do so. Britain could shelter her own forces to save them for the final assault against Germany, thereby gaining most of the credit and most of the bargaining power at the ensuing peace conference. That is just one example.

I found this book very informative, and not the least boring. Highly recommend it to those interested in the behind scenes strategies of WWI.

PS...France and Russia, as well as the USA, were not immune from this type of planning...... ( )