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 388
... Company A had been swamped 1,000 yards off shore and as they got past the 500 yard mark enemy fire began , sinking another LCA from Company A. The remaining four boats grounded precisely where they were supposed to , just east of the ...
... Company A had been swamped 1,000 yards off shore and as they got past the 500 yard mark enemy fire began , sinking another LCA from Company A. The remaining four boats grounded precisely where they were supposed to , just east of the ...
Page 389
... Company A was now isolated in its accurate landing with Companies G and F well down the beach leaving the defenders around Vierville to converge on A Company . As one correspondent noted at the time , there was ' a line of American ...
... Company A was now isolated in its accurate landing with Companies G and F well down the beach leaving the defenders around Vierville to converge on A Company . As one correspondent noted at the time , there was ' a line of American ...
Page 395
... Company demanded that those around him get up and run for the sea wall . But to do that meant risking the bullets , fighting through the barbed wire by hand and running across the shingle that was being peppered by mortars . Even when ...
... Company demanded that those around him get up and run for the sea wall . But to do that meant risking the bullets , fighting through the barbed wire by hand and running across the shingle that was being peppered by mortars . Even when ...
Contents
Part Two Leadership and Wicked Problems | 19 |
Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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