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I haven't read the book so wouldn't like to criticize its argument directly but I would note that without the substantial British Expeditionary force it is very likely the German Army would have defeated the French Army at some point, hence the Allies (including the UK) would have lost the War.The British may have ideally wished to limit their involvement more to the naval sphere but they had to fight the war that was there to be fought, not one of many idealized fantasies that sometime get presented as alternatives to the slaughter of the WW1 Western Front.
I haven't read the book so wouldn't like to criticize its argument directly but I would note that without the substantial British Expeditionary force it is very likely the German Army would have defeated the French Army at some point, hence the Allies (including the UK) would have lost the War.
The British may have ideally wished to limit their involvement more to the naval sphere but they had to fight the war that was there to be fought, not one of many idealized fantasies that sometime get presented as alternatives to the slaughter of the WW1 Western Front.
