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Question:when he said the "war [WWI] is too important to be left to generals"?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: when he said the "war [WWI] is too important to be left to generals"?

He meant that generals i.e. the military does not see the whole picture of the situation. He thought that statesmen, diplomats and other experienced non-military people should be taking the final decisions about war and not the military who has one thing in mind: charge, fight, conquer (or something like that lol).