This means that his published Who is controversial at best but, at worst, his work has been labelled with the moniker pretentious. When dealing with a writer of this ilk an Editor really needs to agree on an approach upfront and, perhaps, have the courage to push the envelope a little more. In his introduction to Campaign Mortimore is critical of a freelance reader at the BBC who implied that the book needed the author to be there when reading it to understand what is going on. It implies that all BBC output needs to follow at least a base tried and tested formula for it to be deemed readable. It ignores the potential experience of the reader in favour of more traditional elements of plot, counterpoint and exposition.
Campaign is poetry - pure and simple.
It is an exercise in philosophy and humanity. It has very little do with Alexander the Great. As much as one would not read poetry without formulating a subjective and unique opinion about what is going on, so with Campaign it seems there are no right or wrong answers. One can take from Campaign thoughts and theories that apply to personal circumstance. At the same time, one can marvel at the sheer depth of scope and vision that has gone into its construction.