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 70
... France and Germany had fallen by 50 per cent ; rail traffic inside France was reduced to 20 per cent and between March and June 1944 1,500 French locomotives were destroyed.63 Perhaps a good example of the significance of the bombing ...
... France and Germany had fallen by 50 per cent ; rail traffic inside France was reduced to 20 per cent and between March and June 1944 1,500 French locomotives were destroyed.63 Perhaps a good example of the significance of the bombing ...
Page 117
... France to defeat them - the ultimate victory would go to the side who won the race for reinforce- ments rather than simply the race for the beach . Indeed , the Allies only had forty - two other divisions to commit to the early stages ...
... France to defeat them - the ultimate victory would go to the side who won the race for reinforce- ments rather than simply the race for the beach . Indeed , the Allies only had forty - two other divisions to commit to the early stages ...
Page 431
... France in 1918. He had worked for President Theodore Roosevelt and his mother was a close friend of the US CO ... France was the only country to sign an armistice with Germany . Germany occupied northern France and the complete coastline ...
... France in 1918. He had worked for President Theodore Roosevelt and his mother was a close friend of the US CO ... France was the only country to sign an armistice with Germany . Germany occupied northern France and the complete coastline ...
Contents
Part Two Leadership and Wicked Problems | 19 |
Part Three Managing Tame Problems | 151 |
Part Four Commanding in Crises | 305 |
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