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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Page 135
... British 2nd Army . On the eastern side Crocker commanded the 1st Corps composed of the British at Sword ( British 3rd Division ) and the Canadian 3rd Division at Juno , while Bucknall ( later to be fired by Montgomery ) led the British ...
... British 2nd Army . On the eastern side Crocker commanded the 1st Corps composed of the British at Sword ( British 3rd Division ) and the Canadian 3rd Division at Juno , while Bucknall ( later to be fired by Montgomery ) led the British ...
Page 154
... British have never lost a major war . That is probably true , but it is also true that the British have never won a major war on their own either . They have always had to rely on alliances and European armies , usually paid for by British ...
... British have never lost a major war . That is probably true , but it is also true that the British have never won a major war on their own either . They have always had to rely on alliances and European armies , usually paid for by British ...
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... British or the Americans . Even the Americans regarded the British as preferring to exhibit parade ground discipline over martial qualities , and of displaying an arrogance towards their American colleagues that was rooted in class ...
... British or the Americans . Even the Americans regarded the British as preferring to exhibit parade ground discipline over martial qualities , and of displaying an arrogance towards their American colleagues that was rooted in class ...
Contents
Part Two Leadership and Wicked Problems | 19 |
Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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