Kitchener and Churchill brought different command weaknesses to 1915

Were Kitchener and Churchill mainly backing rival plans because each wanted credit for the operation that won the war?

Kitchener followed a settled view of how to conduct the war, while Churchill's judgment was shaped by his deference to celebrated senior commanders.

Kitchener is portrayed as having a settled view of how the war should be fought. Churchill was impressed by men such as Fisher and Kitchener during the First World War and too willing to defer to them. In this interpretation, that experience contributed to an opposite weakness in the Second World War, when he was too quick to dismiss criticism.