In the most over analysed of battles, in the most over analysed of campaigns, historians have probably devoted more time to thinking about their relationship than they themselves did! As ever, historians can be selective in their treatment. Of the plans question, missing out the warmer "you and I will do our duty" comment portrays the relationship as slightly more acidic than it might have been. Building a working relationship with people that we have history with is hardly confined to soldiering, or even to the past.