Leadership, Management and Command: Rethinking D-DayThe author argues that the successes and failures of D-Day, on both sides, cannot be explained by comparing the competing strategies of each side. Instead he provides an account of the battle through the overarching nature of the relationship between the leaders and their followers. |
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... American troops under the cliffs at Colleville sur Mer 14.11 Exit E - 1 , Omaha Beach , looking south 398 403 14.12 WN - 64 , Exit E - 1 , Omaha Beach 404 15.1 14.13 Exit E - 1 , overlooking WN - 64 from the north American cemetery at ...
... American troops under the cliffs at Colleville sur Mer 14.11 Exit E - 1 , Omaha Beach , looking south 398 403 14.12 WN - 64 , Exit E - 1 , Omaha Beach 404 15.1 14.13 Exit E - 1 , overlooking WN - 64 from the north American cemetery at ...
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... American paratroopers landed so far from their targets that they played no effective part in any of the planned attacks . 15 Ridgeway's scattered troops from the 82nd were unable to mount any major attack upon German positions but ...
... American paratroopers landed so far from their targets that they played no effective part in any of the planned attacks . 15 Ridgeway's scattered troops from the 82nd were unable to mount any major attack upon German positions but ...
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... American population for the threat from Japan , it was apparent to most - though not all - the political and military leadership that Germany posed the greater threat . Moreover , the USA was the only significant Allied power in the ...
... American population for the threat from Japan , it was apparent to most - though not all - the political and military leadership that Germany posed the greater threat . Moreover , the USA was the only significant Allied power in the ...
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... American strategy mirrors karate and the British strategy embodies boxing ; neither is guaranteed success and neither requires greater bravery than the other - but they are different . In the end the American karateka failed to deliver ...
... American strategy mirrors karate and the British strategy embodies boxing ; neither is guaranteed success and neither requires greater bravery than the other - but they are different . In the end the American karateka failed to deliver ...
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... American troops to the rapture with which Monty was welcomed by his.1 11 Later , Eisenhower was to tire of Montgomery's idiosyncrasies and proclaimed that ' Monty is a good man to serve under ; a difficult man to serve with ; and an ...
... American troops to the rapture with which Monty was welcomed by his.1 11 Later , Eisenhower was to tire of Montgomery's idiosyncrasies and proclaimed that ' Monty is a good man to serve under ; a difficult man to serve with ; and an ...
Contents
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Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
Part Five Retrospective | 416 |
Notes | 429 |
Bibliography | 484 |
Index | 493 |
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