Keith, I have not mentioned Margaret Macmillan and certainly have not read the review you link to.

I have never the time nor the inclination to trawl through numerous books on the same subject merely to indicate that the thinking of some people can be, at least, blinkered.

No matter how clear the information I put to you I know you will not accept the veracity of it.

To use an old quotation "There's none so blind as those who will not see"

I will finally reiterate that all the authors I have quoted from Churchill to Peter Hart cast doubt on the abilities of various Generals involved.