$m$ men and $n$ women in a roundtable

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The question has been discussed before here.

The answer one of the respondents has given is $(m-1)! \cdot n! \cdot C(m,n)$.

I found the question solved in here.

Where the author has given the answer as (for no $2$ men sitting together):

$$m! \cdot n! \cdot [C(n-1,m-1) + C(n,m)]$$

I could follow his argument but could not understand why he didn't use $(n-1)!$ instead of $n!$ since we have circular permutations.

Here is the soln in the book. Solution