The discussion of Lambert's book rejects the idea that one country can copy another's successful strategy. Strategy has to fit a state's physical and human geography, politics, society, culture, and willingness to act. For Britain, the choice between deploying land forces and sending a self-contained naval force depends on the theatre. A ship may be the more flexible first response in the Far East, while commitments nearer Europe must account for alliance structures such as NATO. The example of recreating the British Army of the Rhine in Poland shows how strategic fit includes cost, basing, and the durability of a commitment alongside military capability.
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The British way of war as strategy
Andrew Lambert's The British Way of War prompts a discussion of strategy as a national, political, and geographic choice rather than a model copied from another country.