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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Rethinking D-Day K. Grint. especially the numbers of infantry soldiers ; it was ' the ninety division gamble ' 37 By the end of 1943 the political and military leadership of the Allies had indeed achieved some success - as measured by ...
Rethinking D-Day K. Grint. especially the numbers of infantry soldiers ; it was ' the ninety division gamble ' 37 By the end of 1943 the political and military leadership of the Allies had indeed achieved some success - as measured by ...
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... Division stationed at Horsham in Surrey , for example , had been there since December 1939 and had not seen active ... infantry divisions and one regiment of tanks to assault the beaches around Dieppe itself . They were to move through ...
... Division stationed at Horsham in Surrey , for example , had been there since December 1939 and had not seen active ... infantry divisions and one regiment of tanks to assault the beaches around Dieppe itself . They were to move through ...
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... division reflected the initial establishment of the units in Britain and perhaps more significantly the source of ... Infantry on Tare Green 2nd Battalion , 8th Infantry on Uncle Red Rangers to capture St Marcouf Islands Omaha Area - 1st ...
... division reflected the initial establishment of the units in Britain and perhaps more significantly the source of ... Infantry on Tare Green 2nd Battalion , 8th Infantry on Uncle Red Rangers to capture St Marcouf Islands Omaha Area - 1st ...
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Contents
19 | |
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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