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This article is overly positive about Haig - it seems to have been written by a supporter of the revisionist position. Any criticism of Haig is immediately defused by a contrary point of view, which is often framed as though it were the general opinion. For example:
"In his 1937 essays Great Contemporaries he later likened Haig to a surgeon who had to act dispassionately for the long-term good of the patient, no matter how messy were the short-term means. In another passage of The World Crisis he wrote that massed tank attacks as at Cambrai could have been used as an alternative to blocking enemy machine-gun fire with "the breasts of brave men". This view is now regarded as unrealistic."
The phrase "This view is now regarded as unrealistic" is only referenced to Philpott's 2009 book, which doesn't claim to be stating any sort of broad consensus - in fact, it's openly framed as a counter-consensus position on the Somme battle.
Similar positions are throughout the article. 131.181.18.21 (talk) 21:55, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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