Jim,
You've
been given them Keith -

No I have not.
Not one from recent time who still believes what you do.

You've rejected them or ignored them

You reject and ignore the historians. I do not. Certainly not Hastings.
Hastings' book is only about the outbreak, and he rejects the interpretation made by your reviewer.
I have given you numerous Hastings quotes refuting every single one of your beliefs. He does not endorse anything you believe.
Your reviewer even states, "but in Hastings's hands even the old saw of lions led by donkeys is turned on its head,"
Even in that review nothing supports your views. On the contrary.

You haven't read the history books
I have. That is where my views are from. You have read nothing written for at least twenty years!

No historian claims that it was not a war of attrition
That is because it largely was.