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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... fighting front , one cannot say that we won the Battle of Normandy through tactical superiority.2 22 The implication of the latter quote suggests that the Allied superiority lay in strategic not tactical terms ; success came through the ...
... fighting front , one cannot say that we won the Battle of Normandy through tactical superiority.2 22 The implication of the latter quote suggests that the Allied superiority lay in strategic not tactical terms ; success came through the ...
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... 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.2 25 My intention here is to offer an alternative understanding of ...
... 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.2 25 My intention here is to offer an alternative understanding of ...
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... fighting , but in essence the karateka - a practitioner of karate - should be intent on stopping an opponent with a first and decisive blow . In this respect the American strategy mirrors karate and the British strategy embodies boxing ...
... fighting , but in essence the karateka - a practitioner of karate - should be intent on stopping an opponent with a first and decisive blow . In this respect the American strategy mirrors karate and the British strategy embodies boxing ...
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... fighting general supreme ... but as a politician - quite infantile ' . 15 ... Certainly , Montgomery was besotted by planning - always the mark of a decision - maker whose default was to assume all problems were either Tame or tameable ...
... fighting general supreme ... but as a politician - quite infantile ' . 15 ... Certainly , Montgomery was besotted by planning - always the mark of a decision - maker whose default was to assume all problems were either Tame or tameable ...
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... fighting ceased at 1630. Of the 650 Royals who landed , 614 ( 95 per cent ) were either dead or wounded or captured . Back at the beach the commanders on the ships were unable to see the beach itself because of their own smokescreen and ...
... fighting ceased at 1630. Of the 650 Royals who landed , 614 ( 95 per cent ) were either dead or wounded or captured . Back at the beach the commanders on the ships were unable to see the beach itself because of their own smokescreen and ...
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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