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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... Montgomery describe D - Day . But success in Normandy was by no means foreordained . Brooke's war diary for 5 June 1944 reads : I am very uneasy about the whole operation . At best it will fall so very very far short of the expectation ...
... Montgomery describe D - Day . But success in Normandy was by no means foreordained . Brooke's war diary for 5 June 1944 reads : I am very uneasy about the whole operation . At best it will fall so very very far short of the expectation ...
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... Montgomery was the great planner , the plan really only covered the beaches ; after that there was neither a coherent . plan nor were local commanders empowered to use their initiative because the great planner , allegedly , already had ...
... Montgomery was the great planner , the plan really only covered the beaches ; after that there was neither a coherent . plan nor were local commanders empowered to use their initiative because the great planner , allegedly , already had ...
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... ( Montgomery and Bradley but not Patton ) unnecessarily extended the fighting , while Max Hastings ' approach is to highlight the way the superior combat skills of the German army were gradually worn away by the Allies ' superior matériel ...
... ( Montgomery and Bradley but not Patton ) unnecessarily extended the fighting , while Max Hastings ' approach is to highlight the way the superior combat skills of the German army were gradually worn away by the Allies ' superior matériel ...
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... Montgomery , it soon became clear to Churchill that Montgomery would have to be given command of the ground forces . Eisenhower , who preferred Alexander , regarded Montgomery as arrogant , inflexible and abrasive , while Montgomery ...
... Montgomery , it soon became clear to Churchill that Montgomery would have to be given command of the ground forces . Eisenhower , who preferred Alexander , regarded Montgomery as arrogant , inflexible and abrasive , while Montgomery ...
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... Montgomery's idiosyncratic personal style , was nevertheless clear that Montgomery brought two things to Overlord that would be critical to its success . First , Monty's incomparable talent for the ' set ' battle - the meticulous ...
... Montgomery's idiosyncratic personal style , was nevertheless clear that Montgomery brought two things to Overlord that would be critical to its success . First , Monty's incomparable talent for the ' set ' battle - the meticulous ...
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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