She clearly states that not reading the novel will no way impact your lore knowledge about the game.
In Stormheim Genn commanded Troops for Anduin, not Gilnean Troops, but troops of the 7th Legion. He used those troops to go against direct Orders given by Anduin in his capacity as High King.
In War all Alliance Forces are under Anduin. That doesnât mean that noone else can do things and other peoples cultures have to be watered down to be replaced by Human-wisdomâŠ
So thereâs something between the Empire of Stormwind, and the insubordination in Wartime Tyrande and Genn showed.
Itâs unfortunate, but during Wartime the Faction Leaders are bound to the Warchiefs oops⊠High Kingâs Orders, so they are his Staff of Generals and in Wartime not Allies but Subordinates to the High King.
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Except for, you know, the fact that Greymane was actually leading his own Gilnean Brigade.
Also Tyrande didnât do insubordination at all. She was free to take her forces elsewhere. The High King cannot command his allies unless they willingly pledge their forces to him.
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Thatâs like the opposite of what she said.
She explicitly pointed out the fact that she wanted to highlight how the different sides in the story thought and worked.
The only line she drew, was the one about not wanting to write pivotal events that were key for understanding the overarching narrative for the expansion.
That doesnât mean that the way she writes a character doesnât impact how said character is in the story.
URL with time stamp where she states these quotes.
ââYou absolutely do not have to read this book to understand the expansionââ
ââWe canât make this book essentialââ
ââThis book is like a Bonusââ
My point clearly stands.
Big difference.
The former refers to key knowledge regarding the events that lead to this expansion. What you said implies that none of it will have any impact in the games lore.
Not having key events such as the opening of the portal to the Shadowlands, doesnât mean that the novel canât be filled with other information regarding the context or the characters involved.
Ap ap ap! You are building your arguement on a slippery slope. Yes, High King is in charge of the Military army of the Alliance, yes he has the responsibility of calling the last shots, but that gives no totalitarian reign of their allies. High King the the leading figure that speaks for the Alliance - alliance of different races and kingdoms. Its a union and High King should be ultimate voice of that union. Not even Warchief has total reign over others, Garrosh and Sylvanas are good examples of how it goes when Warchief goes against the wishes of many.
Every member has full sovereignty on their place in the Alliance or Horde
In military matters heâs their superior during Wartime, yes otherwise they should be completely or mostly independent from his wishes but during wartime heâs the boss, at least according to WoWpedia, not 100% sure if itâs true, so iâll give you that.
But the position of a Wartime-leader to clear up the chain of command during times of crisis wouldnât make much sense if everyone could still do what they want.
And Sylvanas as well as Garrosh dishonored their Position to a point that itâs now unsalvagable, by using it for their own Agendas and / or excluding whole peoples from the benefits of the Horde.
Again⊠its not about âwhat they wantâ its about the final say of the agreement, as there were bunch of humans discussing the course of war in Kul Tiras, but imagine that with all the races, it is hard right? 
Anduin never tells Tyrande directly not to go to Darkshore, he tells her that his cant fight two warfronts. He never directly fobids her to go there, because he cant.
Genn went on a mission but stirred up the drama with his worgen in Stormheim.
But as the game leaves the void whn it comes to discussing points of interests for Alliance members.
He started the Drama by attacking Sylvanas Fleet (during peacetime) with an Alliance-Airship, manned by the 7th Legion and lost said Airship, and many Legionaires under his command with an unsanctioned attackâŠ
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Yeah forgot the starting part⊠you are right on that oneâŠ
But on rest of the statement and to call Anduin the utter totalitarian king is utter madness.
Or paint Tyrande with Genn on her heals insubordinates is not true.
itâs not about being a totalitarian King, just about the chain of command during wartime / crisis.
I Imagine the Office of High-King like the roman office of dictator, someone with total Authority during time of crisis / war, who steps down or reverts to his normal Job as King of Stormwind (or senator) after the crisis is solved. A job that exists only to clear up the inefficiency of bureaucracy in times where time and effective leadership is needed.
I get it, but its still a council and any council needs to meet the agreement to carry out the command. And unlike dictatorian regime, High King cannot solely take decisions on behalf of other race armies and call them back or forth in his own accord without the accaptance of their racial leader. At least thats how Ive seen it playing out in WoW.
Youâre right, just red the lore about High King again, Tyrande was in her rights to withhold her support and use her Troops for her own stuff.
But Genn still went against Orders in Stormheim and in fact (even when Blizz sais otherwise) started a War.^^
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If the situation that Blizzard shows doesnât present a whole picture⊠itâs probable that there isnât one. If Anduin sometimes seems to be able to command faction leaders like dogs, but sometimes the faction leaders can ignore his commands as they please without consequences⊠The easiest explanation is that there is no unified vision of how the Alliance works at Blizzard. I mean⊠you can construct your headcanon about council supremacy or roman dictators, but thatâs nothing more than headcanon. From Blizzard we donât have much more than a few tweets that bring up as many questions as they answer, if not more.
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Sure,
Thats very disputable.
I know 
But attacking a leader of another nation, with military force during peacetime or an armistice, could be considered an act of war without being unreasonable.
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It would have been a justified reason for war, yes. But in Before the Storm there was no war, so it obviously wasnât used as such, which makes it irrelevant.
Warcraft lore isnât how it should have been.
unfortunately
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It was one of the reasons and honestly not a very strong point Sylvanas could stand on to start the whole war, because she had her hands dirty there. It was just thrown in her compiled list of very lengthy and shaky arguements to rail up the Horde members.