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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... Eisenhower would have had no choice but to order the follow - up landings cancelled The Allied fleet would have pulled back to England in disarray ... Eisenhower would have certainly lost his job ... A climax would have come in the late ...
... Eisenhower would have had no choice but to order the follow - up landings cancelled The Allied fleet would have pulled back to England in disarray ... Eisenhower would have certainly lost his job ... A climax would have come in the late ...
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... Eisenhower ( the only other American officer that would have been acceptable to Churchill ) who , at the time , was in command of the Italian campaign . Many Americans , though , regarded Eisenhower as too keen to compro- mise with the ...
... Eisenhower ( the only other American officer that would have been acceptable to Churchill ) who , at the time , was in command of the Italian campaign . Many Americans , though , regarded Eisenhower as too keen to compro- mise with the ...
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... Eisenhower's previous career had prima- rily involved administrative positions ( he had served as a desk - bound ... Eisenhower , who preferred Alexander , regarded Montgomery as arrogant , inflexible and abrasive , while Montgomery ...
... Eisenhower's previous career had prima- rily involved administrative positions ( he had served as a desk - bound ... Eisenhower , who preferred Alexander , regarded Montgomery as arrogant , inflexible and abrasive , while Montgomery ...
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... Eisenhower recom- mended to Marshall that Bradley ( the only senior commander he really trusted ) be appointed to ... Eisenhower's diplomatic skills in maintaining the alliance , but these were not the kind of qualities neces- sary to ...
... Eisenhower recom- mended to Marshall that Bradley ( the only senior commander he really trusted ) be appointed to ... Eisenhower's diplomatic skills in maintaining the alliance , but these were not the kind of qualities neces- sary to ...
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... Eisenhower in a letter to his son Elliott : ' the way to kill the most Germans with the least loss of American soldiers is to slam them with everything we've got ' . ' Where the British saw calculated attrition , suggests Overy ...
... Eisenhower in a letter to his son Elliott : ' the way to kill the most Germans with the least loss of American soldiers is to slam them with everything we've got ' . ' Where the British saw calculated attrition , suggests Overy ...
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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