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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... Rangers Memorial 380 14.8 Looking west from WN - 71 onto Dog Green at Vierville 394 14.9 29th Division monument built into WN - 71 at junction of Charlie and Dog Green 397 14.10 Leaderless American troops under the cliffs at Colleville ...
... Rangers Memorial 380 14.8 Looking west from WN - 71 onto Dog Green at Vierville 394 14.9 29th Division monument built into WN - 71 at junction of Charlie and Dog Green 397 14.10 Leaderless American troops under the cliffs at Colleville ...
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... Rangers ' Colonel Rudder ignored the requirement for having your own teeth after a relatively toothless Private William Petty appealed against his rejection : ' Hell , Sir ' , he is alleged to have remonstrated to Rudder , ' I don't ...
... Rangers ' Colonel Rudder ignored the requirement for having your own teeth after a relatively toothless Private William Petty appealed against his rejection : ' Hell , Sir ' , he is alleged to have remonstrated to Rudder , ' I don't ...
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... Rangers crossed the channel in 237 vessels to execute Operation Jubilee , as it was now called . No. 4 Commando was led by Lt Colonel the Lord Lovat , whose corduroy trousers and grey pullover marked him out as a confirmed eccentric ...
... Rangers crossed the channel in 237 vessels to execute Operation Jubilee , as it was now called . No. 4 Commando was led by Lt Colonel the Lord Lovat , whose corduroy trousers and grey pullover marked him out as a confirmed eccentric ...
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... Rangers to capture St Marcouf Islands Omaha Area - 1st US Division ( including elements of the 29th Division ) ... Ranger companies at Pointe du Hoc on Charlie 82nd and 101st US Airborne Division : To land behind Utah and prevent German ...
... Rangers to capture St Marcouf Islands Omaha Area - 1st US Division ( including elements of the 29th Division ) ... Ranger companies at Pointe du Hoc on Charlie 82nd and 101st US Airborne Division : To land behind Utah and prevent German ...
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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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